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The Rhode Island Police Officers Commission of Standards and Training approves police officer transfers for some Rhode Island policing agencies.

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Politics

Rhode Island Resists Efforts at Policing Reform Embraced by Every Other State

Failure to pass police decertification laws results in information black hole on officers

May 1, 2025

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Sam Stecklow

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Politics

Why is Rhode Island the Last State in the Nation to Embrace Police Reforms to Prevent ‘Wandering Officers’?

Legislation to strengthen police oversight repeatedly thwarted in Rhode Island

May 1, 2025

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Sam Stecklow

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Sam Stecklow

Sam Stecklow is an investigative journalist and FOIA fellow with Invisible Institute, where he works on its investigations and civic data projects. Follow him on Bluesky at @samstecklow.bsky.social or email him at sam@invisibleinstitute.com.

May 1, 2025

People walk through the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I. on Tuesday, October. 22, 2024. (Raquel C. Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative)

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Education

How Trump’s First 100 Days Reverberate at Brown University

Brown Environmental Studies and Sociology professor J. Timmons Roberts says the federal government’s actions have rendered the school a very different place than just a year ago

May 1, 2025

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Olivia Ebertz

Former U.S. Commerce Secretary and former Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo confirmed she is considering running for president in 2028 during an event with David Axelrod Tuesday. Raimondo returned to her home state on Monday to attend the funeral Mass for former Senate President Dominick Ruggerio at St. Anthony Church in North Providence.

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Politics

Raimondo 2028: Former R.I. Governor, Commerce Secretary Confirms Interest in a Presidential Run

April 30, 2025

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Nancy Lavin

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News & Culture

This Boston Gym Was Built For Neurodivergent People to Get Fit

April 30, 2025

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Meghan Smith

Keith Stokes of Newport has been appointed as Rhode Island’s historian laureate. ‘My mission is to illuminate Rhode Island and America’s past in a way that inspires us all, nurturing a collective sense of identity and purpose,’ he says

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Arts & Entertainment

Keith Stokes Named R.I.'s Second Historian Laureate

‘My mission is to illuminate Rhode Island and America’s past in a way that inspires us all, nurturing a collective sense of identity and purpose’

April 30, 2025

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Christopher Shea

Democratic Rep. Arthur Corvese of North Providence, left, talks with Democratic Rep. Jason Knight of Barrington ahead of the House Committee on Judiciary’s meeting on Wednesday, April 29, 2025. Knight had previously voted against the proposal to make it a misdemeanor for minors to gamble online, but changed his vote in the affirmative.

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Politics

House Panel Reconsiders, Approves Bill to Make Underage Online Gambling a Misdemeanor

Democratic Rep. Jason Knight had previously voted against the proposal to make it a misdemeanor for minors to gamble online, but changed his vote in the affirmative

April 30, 2025

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Christopher Shea

The High Tone Jug Band Ensemble performs at Fox Point Library

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Community

What’s on in May at the Community Libraries of Providence

We highlight a few of the many events happening across the Community Libraries of Providence – from a jug band ensemble to a PechaKucha night. Plus: what they’re reading at Rocheambeau Library’s banned books club

April 30, 2025

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Joe Tasca

Val Lawson takes the oath of office as Senate president from Secretary of State Gregg Amore, as her sisters, Kathleen McCabe and Kerry Lawson, look on.

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Politics

Lawson Wins R.I. Senate Presidency While Retaining Prominent Union Role

Former Majority Leader Pearson says other senators sparked his falling out with Ruggerio

April 30, 2025

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Ian Donnis