8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (192+ words) I've finished reading the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" from Congress, also known as H. R. 1 " all 869 pages. I won't recommend it to my friends, but we all ignore it at our peril. Because what is clear is that Rhode Island is…...

8+ hour, 29+ min ago  (411+ words) PROVIDENCE " Rhode Island College received a $1 million gift " one of the largest in the school's history " to bolster support aimed at helping students who are at risk of leaving its nursing program, the college announced on Monday. The donation " "only…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (297+ words) Rhode Island FC came up one game shy of a second straight underdog run to the USL Championship final, beaten by the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, 1-0, in the Eastern Conference final on Saturday night in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh-born Robbie Mertz sent a right-footed…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1307+ words) PROVIDENCE " The long-anticipated rent control plan from the Providence City Council was released Tuesday, proposing a 4 percent limit on annual rent increases, though a large portion of apartments in the city would be excluded from the new limits. "Far too…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (747+ words) Providence and I " we've grown together, we've changed together. After 12 years on the City Council, I'm preparing to step away. As I do, I'm thinking about what it's meant to serve this city, and what it means to fight for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (901+ words) PROVIDENCE " State Representative David Morales's campaign is touting an internal poll putting him ahead of incumbent Mayor Brett Smiley, with less than six months until the Democratic primary. The text and web poll of 306 likely Democratic primary voters, which was…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago  (656+ words) James Hagens is a real pro. Hagens jumped right into practice with the Providence Bruins on Tuesday morning at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, just hours after signing his amateur tryout agreement with the organization. Boston's first-round pick last June…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (348+ words) The United Way of Rhode Island's annual online fundraising event, 401 Gives Day, starts this morning " a day earlier than usual. Cortney Nicolato, president and CEO of United Way of Rhode Island, answered our questions about this year's fundraising drive, which…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (483+ words) The Red Sox honored the Blackstone Valley Co-op boys" hockey team on the field at Fenway Park on Sunday, another hopefully happy moment amid impossibly difficult circumstances. After the Blackstone players surrounded the mound and watched a video board highlight…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (960+ words) PROVIDENCE " The artist behind a controversial mural of a Ukrainian refugee killed on a North Carolina train last year " the partially completed piece outside a Providence LGBTQIA+ nightclub was abruptly canceled last week amid a heated debate " is painting a…...