The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has launched a new program that lets landlords who own or manage at least 10 units near a bus route apply online for December and January bus passes. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
New RIPTA program lets landlords get free bus passes for tenants over the holidays
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Rhode Island Current on November 11, 2025. Reprinted with permission. The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has launched a pilot program offering landlords free monthly transit passes to share with their tenants this holiday season. [...]

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Cannabis Control Commission Chairperson Kimberly Ahern is shown during the commission’s meeting on Nov. 3, 2023. (Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)
What Constitutes a Community That is Disproportionately Impacted by the War on Drugs? 
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That’s the question Rhode Island’s Cannabis Control Commission hopes to better define as it works on initial regulations for recreational dispensaries. To do so, Chairperson Kimberly Ahern said at the commission’s Nov. 3 meeting, she would request data from state and federal agencies on which [...]

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