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The numbers are in regarding food insecurity in Rhode Island, and they are a sobering reminder of the reality faced by far too many of our fellow Rhode Islanders.
Hopefully, they will also serve …
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11/27/24
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The holidays are officially here, and you know what that means.
Yes, it is time to finally take out your air conditioners and grumble about the incoming cold weather. It’s a time-tested …
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11/20/24
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Last week, many millions of Americans woke up to learn the outcome of the 2024 presidential election and experienced a moment that surpassed disappointment and approached devastation. Many millions …
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11/13/24
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Now that the dust has settled on the outcome of the years-long probe into whether Governor Dan McKee abused his power as the state’s leading administrator while doling out a $50-million …
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11/6/24
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Cranston police found a body last week.
The man was homeless. He died outside.
For months, the homeless crisis in Cranston has been swelling.
Instead of working together, city council …
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11/6/24
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In what has felt like a mad dash to the 2024 General Election, thousands of Rhode Islanders have already made their voices heard through the state’s generous and straightforward early voting …
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10/30/24
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With the election season in full swing, and the actual General Election less than a month away now, it’s prudent to remind all citizens registered to vote, aged 18 years and older, that there …
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10/16/24
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When it comes to state policies that affect everybody in Rhode Island, there are perhaps no two greater examples than the parameters set for reimbursing municipalities that seek to construct or …
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The passing of Alan Shawn Feinstein at the age of 93 has once again raised a thorny but important question regarding the long-time Cranston resident’s undeniable legacy, which essentially …
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9/18/24
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The more things change in America, the more other things seem to stay the same. In the case of gun violence at and within our schools, however, there is a mountain of evidence to back up the …
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We wrote about a month ago regarding some of the historic moments that have occurred during this past summer.
Of course, the attempted assassination of a former President and the decision to …
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9/4/24
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With the start of school this week, parents might be breathing a big sigh of relief that they no longer need to juggle schedules or make expensive payments to daycare facilities and summer camps to …
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8/29/24
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With the Sept. 10 Statewide Primary just a couple weeks away, it’s time again for thousands of Rhode Islanders to step into the ballot box and vote for the people they trust to carry out the …
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8/21/24
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The world around us is a competitive place.
Imprinted within our intrinsic human nature, within our very DNA, is an unmistakable need to compete and emerge victorious over those around us. …
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8/14/24
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With Rhode Islanders getting a much-needed reprieve from recent, relentlessly scorching heat waves this week, it provides an opportunity to ponder the transitional nature of August; a month that …
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8/7/24
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Step up for democracy.
For some reason, far fewer citizens have signed up to help run the city’s polling places.
Cranston is short on poll workers this election season. City election …
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The Summer Olympic Games kicked off in Paris last week, heralding the beginning of a three-week period where the world’s most talented athletes gather to seek glory for their homelands on the …
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7/31/24
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The Rhode Island Interscholastic League football schedules have been released for the upcoming season, and although I will be diving in much deeper as we get closer, I do have a few initial thoughts, …
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We want to utilize this space this week to give Governor Dan McKee some credit. Not for magically making a new Washington Bridge appear out of the ether two years ahead of schedule, but for finally …
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7/17/24
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If a tree falls in the forest but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? We don’t have the expertise or requisite philosophy degree to answer that, but we do know one thing for …
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7/10/24
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