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Butler Hospital’s President on the Ongoing Strike: ‘I Have a Responsibility to the Future of the Hospital’

Despite the closure of roughly 70 beds, Butler Hospital president and chief operating officer Mary Marran says her facility continues to provide quality psychiatric services to its patients

July 25, 2025

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Lynn Arditi

FILE: A RIPTA bus waits at the Kennedy Plaza bus hub in Providence on Feb. 13, 2025.

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Transportation

RIPTA Proposes Largest Bus Service Cuts in History Amid $17.6M Budget Shortfall

The proposed service reductions would affect 58 bus routes in total, eliminating 17 of those routes entirely

July 25, 2025

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Ben Berke

Unionized workers at Women & Infants Hospital march outside the hospital on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, during an informational picket supporting striking Butler Hospital staff and calling for workplace improvements at both hospitals, which are owned by Care New England.

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Health

Women & Infants Workers Drum Up Support For Their Butler Colleagues as Strike Continues

Unionized staff at Women & Infants Hospital accuse Care New England of retaliation, illegal tactics, and contract violations as tensions rise alongside the state’s longest hospital strike at Butler

July 24, 2025

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Alexander Castro

An out-of-service Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Bus travels on Interstate 95 on May 2, 2025.

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Transportation

RIPTA Service Cuts Are Coming. But Few Know What They’ll Be

Rhode Island’s bus agency has already scheduled public hearings on service changes. It just hasn’t outlined what the proposed changes are yet

July 24, 2025

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Christopher Shea

Transportation

July 24, 2025

The ACLU of Rhode Island won a more than half-million dollar settlement for a lawsuit against the City of Woonsocket on behalf of Mack Blackie for wrongfully arresting and detaining him in 2022.

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News & Culture

City of Woonsocket to Pay $550K to Settle an ACLU Lawsuit Over Wrongful Arrest of Houseless Man

Mack Blackie spent over a month jailed for a crime he didn’t commit; federal civil rights suit alleged Woonsocket police violated his constitutional rights with false statements and no photo ID lineup

July 24, 2025

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Lynn Arditi