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November 4, 2025

As of 2024, more than a third of Rhode Island households were classified as food insecure.

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Politics & Justice

Rhode Island plaintiffs win partial victory for SNAP funding as Trump administration restarts food aid

Following a federal judge’s order in Providence, the Trump administration says it will resume SNAP payments — but recipients will get only about half of their usual benefits

November 3, 2025

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Jeremy Bernfeld

Ashley and Nicholas Ritchie, shown here with two-year-old son Theo, were able to buy a home in Brewster they could afford, thanks to a deed-restricted affordable-housing lottery.

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Housing

‘We really lucked out': Seeking a home on Cape for under $300k? Housing lottery for the win

November 3, 2025

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Jennette Barnes

Providence School Board member Melissa Hughes speaks during a March 2025 meeting.

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Education

Providence School Board opens up with Hughes’ departure

November 3, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Voters fill out ballots at the polling site at George Hanaford School in East Greenwich on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

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Elections

All registered R.I. voters to receive this notice in the mail as early as Monday

November 3, 2025

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Janine L. Weisman

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Community

November events at the Community Libraries of Providence

The Community Libraries of Providence offer a slew of free programming every week for kids and adults at their nine locations around the city. We highlight a few of these events in our monthly community libraries segment – from a local author fair to a conversation about death doulas

November 3, 2025

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Mareva Lindo

The 22-acre Sunny Acres Trailer Park in Portsmouth, R.I., is set to be sold.

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Housing

For Portsmouth Town Councilor Sharlene Patton, the fight to buy a mobile home park remains an uphill battle

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

November 3, 2025

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Luis Hernandez

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Health

Shopping for ACA health plans this open enrollment? Here’s what to know

November 1, 2025

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Michelle Andrews

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Politics & Justice

TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Oct. 31, 2025

A reprieve for the end of SNAP benefits, and Mayor Smiley on housing and other top Providence issues

October 31, 2025

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Ian Donnis

The food pantry offers canned and dry goods, as well as fresh produce, meat, and dairy.

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Politics & Justice

Federal court in RI orders Trump administration to fund SNAP

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

October 31, 2025

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Jeremy Bernfeld