News + Culture

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

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Politics + Justice

Politics + Justice

Second Federal Judge Extends Block Preventing the Trump Administration from Freezing Funding

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island granted the preliminary injunction

March 6, 2025

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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon leaves the House Chamber after President Donald Trump addresses to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

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Education

Education

Trump Prepares Order Dismantling the Education Department

March 6, 2025

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Offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on March 3, 2025.

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

Anxiety Grows in Woods Hole as More Science Cuts Loom

March 6, 2025

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Six pallet shelters are shown on the day of the opening of ECHO Village on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

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News + Culture

News + Culture

Rhode Island House Approves Shekarchi’s Bill to Cut Red Tape for Future Pallet Shelters

March 6, 2025

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Christopher Shea

The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission voted 2-0 to approve a settlement reached between Rhode Island Energy, the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office. The commission’s third seat is currently vacant.

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News + Culture

News + Culture

Rhode Island Utility Carrier to Credit Ratepayers $7.9 Million in Fraud Case Settlement

March 6, 2025

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Christopher Shea

A crowd of people, many opposed to a bill that would raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, listens during a hearing by the House Committee on Labor in Room 101 at the Rhode Island State House on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

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Politics + Justice

Politics + Justice

Minimum Wage Hike Bills Draw Maximum Crowds to Rhode Island State House

March 6, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses are parked in Kennedy Plaza one night in February 2024. The bus agency is late in completing an efficiency study of its operations for the governor and legislative leaders.

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News + Culture

News + Culture

Where’s That RIPTA Efficiency Study? Still in the Works

Lack of progress could imperil bus agency’s financial health given a $32.6 million deficit in the fiscal 2026 budget

March 6, 2025

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Christopher Shea

Beginning this fall, Westerly’s United Theatre will host a series of intimate live shows featuring Nashville singer-songwriters, presented by the city’s legendary Bluebird Cafe.

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Arts + Entertainment

Arts + Entertainment

‘Nashville North’: New Partnership Brings Music City Singer-Songwriters to Westerly

Nashville country artists will be coming to the United Theatre and The Knick starting this fall

March 5, 2025

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Rhode Island General Treasurer James J. Diossa has announced the forgiveness of $7 million in medical debt since a new program launched last fall. ‘I hope to wipe out even more debt soon,’ Diossa said Monday, March 3, 2025.

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Health

Health

Rhode Island Medical Debt Relief Program has Forgiven $7 Million Since October

March 5, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Will a progressive income tax cause millionaires and billionaires to flee Rhode Island in search of tax-friendlier pastures elsewhere? No, according to a new analysis from the Economic Progress Institute.

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News + Culture

News + Culture

Will Rich Rhode Islanders Flee Because of a Millionaires Tax? Don’t Believe It, Advocates Say

New policy report refutes argument that taxes sway where people move

March 5, 2025

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