Photo: Eric Halvarson.
Providence Can’t Afford to Lose Housing Stock. Here’s the Plan to Keep Aging Units Up to Code.
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Build, build, build—that’s been a common refrain around the rising cost of housing in Rhode Island. While policymakers and constituents have major disagreements around regulating the price of housing, leaders at the State House and Providence City Hall are passing policies designed to increase construction. [...]

12
Jun
Photo: The Pandemic Center.
Brown University’s Pandemic Center Weighs in on Ebola, Contagious Diseases Ahead of World Cup
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At the Brown University Pandemic Center, doctors are following the current Ebola outbreak in central Africa with expertise as well as empathy.  “Initial case counts were incredibly high… with case counts at declaration larger than most outbreaks when they end,” said Dr. Craig Spencer, an [...]

10
Jun
Photo: Eric Halvarson
Cannabis Corner? Nine Cooperatives Apply to Open Dispensaries on One Stretch of North Main Street
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Dr. Andre Dev started the Community Cannabis Network of Rhode Island to help ensure cannabis co-ops succeeded as enduring, locally owned businesses. So, when the pool of potential cannabis retailer applications for RI started rolling in at the end of 2025, he expected a handful [...]

05
Jun
The Providence Public Safety Complex, where the Juvenile Hearing Board hears cases. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
Para mantener a los menores fuera de la cárcel, el Concejo Municipal de Providence propone remitir automáticamente los casos de jóvenes a la Junta de Audiencias Juveniles
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La policía de Providence acusó a 148 jóvenes de delitos menores en 2025. La mayoría de esos casos van al tribunal de familia, donde los menores pueden enfrentar encarcelamiento o una marca en su expediente de antecedentes penales. Sin embargo, 27 fueron remitidos a un [...]

03
Jun
Is Providence’s cost of living higher than the national average?
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29
May
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Thousands of Scottish Fans Are Traveling to Providence for the World Cup. Haitian Fans Are Still Blocked.
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In June, thousands of fans from Scotland will flood into Providence for the World Cup. The “Tartan Army” will even be traveling in 21 yellow school buses up to Gillette Stadium (rebranded as Boston Stadium) in Foxborough. Scotland plays their first match on June 13 [...]

27
May
Photo: Eric Halvarson
Providence Proposes $500,000 More for Eviction Defense. Is It Enough to Meet Demand?
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On the third floor of the Garrahy Courthouse in Providence, dozens of people gather outside of courtroom 3E. A mother sits on a beige metal bench breast-feeding her child when a sheriff booms out a list of names for people summoned to court. One person [...]

22
May
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In Rhode Island, did the cost of groceries increase 35% this past year?
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21
May
Newly elected PTU President Lindsey Paiva with her niece. Photo: Lindsay Paiva.
“The Base Is Built”: Providence Teachers Union Elects New Leadership That Promises Reform
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On May 13, Providence teachers lined up to elect new union leadership. Wait times ran as long as 90 minutes. Some educators left to run their errands, take care of their kids or let out their pets, before returning to cast a ballot. In the [...]

20
May