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Committee OKs Bill Adding Parent Input to School Evaluations
STATE HOUSE — Wednesday, the House Education Committee passed legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) to include parent input in school evaluations. The measure now […]
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Committee Cuts FY25 Warwick Schools Deficit to $3M
WARWICK, RI – Tuesday night the School Committee cut another $ 2.6 million from their budget, bringing an original $9 million FY25 deficit down to $3.1 million. The vote was […]
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Council Rejects New High Schools Special Election 7-2
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council rejected a resolution for a special election to revoke authority for further debt for the $350 million bond for two new high schools, […]
Business
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RI Physician Shortage Bill: Let RIDOH OK Delayed Licenses
STATE HOUSE — Sen. Peter A. Appollonio Jr.’s (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) new legislation to combat a looming RI physician shortage would empower the director of the Rhode Island Department of […]
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Kent Hospital Masks Up Today For Everyone
WARWICK, RI — Kent Hospital masks for staff, patients and visitors is required starting today, in response to unspecified respiratory illness spikes. “Universal masking (masking of healthcare workers, patients, and […]
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KCWA: Major Potter Road Boil Water Advisory In Effect
UPDATE JAN 19 – 1:36 P.M.: The Kent County Public Water System was notified by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) on January 18 that the precautionary boil […]
Schools
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Committee Cuts FY25 Warwick Schools Deficit to $3M
WARWICK, RI – Tuesday night the School Committee cut another $ 2.6 million from their budget, bringing an original $9 million FY25 deficit down to $3.1 million. The vote was […]
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Council Rejects New High Schools Special Election 7-2
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council rejected a resolution for a special election to revoke authority for further debt for the $350 million bond for two new high schools, […]
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Warwick Schools Deficit Cut to $5.7M Thursday
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee continued chipping away at its Warwick Schools deficit Thursday, cutting $401,248 for a new FY25 deficit total of $5,704,119. “We have approximately another […]
All Politics are Local
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MLK Day: Whats Open?
More than 50 years after Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr., MLK , was assassinated in Memphis outside the Lorraine Motel room where he was organizing a crusade against […]
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Honor Veterans With Your Vote Nov. 5
Next week, Rhode Islanders join their fellow Americans honoring people sworn to defend the nation and Constitution, days after weighing whether a man threatening both should lead them, with their […]
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Biden vs. Trump 2024: Are You Smarter Than a Dictator?
It’s painful to say this, but we have all seen the proof, the aging, the public appearances and interviews, the obvious inability to take the fight for democracy to Donald […]
Police and Fire
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WPD: Bank RI Robber Arrested In Providence Feb. 12
WARWICK, RI – Warwick Police report they apprehended a Bank RI robber suspect in Providence with Providence Police after the 39-year-old man gave a note to the Jefferson Boulevard bank’s […]
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Mini-Bike Rider Injured in Feb. 11 Car Crash
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police report a mini-bike rider injured in a Feb. 11 crash into an oncoming car near the Post Road Walmart was transported by Warwick Fire rescue […]
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RI, AGs Block DOGE Access to U.S. Treasury, Social Security Numbers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A U.S. judge has blocked Trump administration disclosure of Americans’ Social Security numbers, bank details and private information to DOGE staff in response to Rhode Island and […]