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RIC president Jack Warner says the cuts were not made for financial reasons, but are designed to eliminate majors with low demand. Opponents of the abrupt cuts say that this decision unnecessarily limits student opportunities and was made with few chances for campus feedback

Payday supporters call it a source for those without other means

Nurses, mental health workers and other employees at a psychiatric hospital in Providence have been on strike with their union, the Service Employees International Union local 1199, since early Thursday morning

The president and CEO of The Public’s Radio and Rhode Island PBS said she is “very concerned.”

The state senator who represents Providence says the city should explore new ways to raise revenue

Speaker Shekarchi calls the effort important for retaining the company

The payment resolves a federal lawsuit against former patrolman Michael Pessoa, who was convicted in 2023 of punching a handcuffed suspect in the face and filing false reports to cover up the incident

Rhode Island celebrates the arrival of spring with the tradition of May Breakfasts. The oldest, at Cranston’s Oaklawn Community Baptist Church, has been going strong for 156 years

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

Legislation to strengthen police oversight repeatedly thwarted in Rhode Island