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A Wyoming-based firm has agreed to buy the Sunny Acres Trailer Park for $13 million. Because Rhode Island law grants trailer park residents a right of first refusal, Sharlene Patton is trying to convince her neighbors to buy the park themselves
A reprieve for the end of SNAP benefits, and Mayor Smiley on housing and other top Providence issues
A federal judge in Providence has ordered the USDA to release emergency funds to restore food assistance, siding with Rhode Island nonprofits and cities nationwide that sued over the shutdown’s freeze on SNAP benefits
The nonprofit trying to buy Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital is still struggling to close its financing
Groups from Providence, Woonsocket and Central Falls say shutdown-related halt to food aid will strain local resources and leave families hungry