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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
Former Majority Leader Pearson says other senators sparked his falling out with Ruggerio
But Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha calls the governor’s plan “half-baked”
The closure of a trusted practice highlights a growing crisis in Rhode Island’s healthcare system — with long waitlists, aging doctors, and patients left behind
Ruggerio was the longest-serving lawmaker in Rhode Island
The nonpartisan demonstration focused on calling out billionaires. Organizers said their aims were to put power back in the hands of people
The Providence mayor is proposing to increase property taxes and other city revenue in order to fill the budget gap left by a settlement with the state over the city’s school department
A power struggle in the city’s troubled police department has blocked an interim chief from serving permanently, and cost her predecessor a job
At a senior center in Providence, Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. Seth Magaziner blast Trump-era cuts to Social Security staffing and services, urging Americans to “take them at their word” and push back before it’s too late
For 57 years as a player, coach and administrator, he made an enormous impact on Brown and college rugby