Humans have been harnessing energy from rivers for thousands of years. Think water wheels from Ancient Greece and modern hydropower plants, like the…
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Medicaid Director Gifford Steps Down
Rhode Island’s Medicaid director, Dr. Deidre Gifford, is stepping down. A search for her replacement is underway.
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Ex-RI Senate Majority Hawkins Dies At 80
John Hawkins, the former RI Senate majority leader, father of the R.I. Lottery and a political power in Rhode Island for generations, died early Monday…
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Science Education In Action At Sea
A group of local science teachers got to see science in action aboard a research cruise this summer. They worked with scientists from the University of…
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Roos Leaving Magaziner’s Staff; Ortiz Heading to Treasury from City Hall
Andrew Roos, who joined Gina Raimondo as chief of staff in 2013 as she was gearing up for her successful gubernatorial run and who remained in that…
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R.I.P. Chris Nocera
Christopher Nocera, a longtime Providence political operative, Elmhurst neighborhood activist and City Hall fixture, died suddenly last night. He was 60…
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RI Working Families To Launch Progressive Lobby Group
A new coalition of community and organized labor groups called `Rhode Island Working Families’ is forming in the Ocean State to lobby the General…
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Rhode Island Artscape: House Concerts On The Rise In RI’s Music Scene
If you are a fan of live, acoustic music, at some point straining to hear over a loud bar crowd, you may have thought, wouldn’t it be great if my…
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Grassroots Providence Procession Draws Attention To Water Issues
A group of artists, scientists, educators, and residents who want to promote the health of urban ponds will march in a parade later today in Providence…
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It’s Official: Kris Dunn Is Remaining A Friar
It’s official. Kris Dunn is returning to Providence College for the 2015-16 basketball season “I am excited about next season,” Dunn said in a…
