ICE keeps New Bedford mayor, police in dark about violent arrest of Guatemalan immigrant
Mayor Jon Mitchell: “The problem we have is that we just don’t get good information out of ICE, information...
Hold the fries. Forgo the soda. R.I. kids’ menus could get a tad healthier under proposed bill.
Restaurants would need to offer two qualifying healthy kids meals; parents wouldn’t have to buy them. This story was...
Q & A with Theresa Guzmán Stokes
“The history of the Americas — and even our own country — is not the story of a single...
Anchor Medical Associates to close, adding more pressure to state’s fragile health care system
“These unfortunate events highlight how Rhode Island’s health care crisis is very real, and getting worse.” This story was...
Rhode Island local food system reeling from federal funding cuts, decline in small farms
“The market for this produce that farmers had been anticipating and expanding because of the federal funds [was] cut...
Who’s Responsible For the Washington Bridge Failure?
Who’s Responsible For the Washington Bridge Failure? ‘What happened here was absolutely a failure of government to do its...
Women under 40 are experiencing increased rates of breast cancer
Two Rhode Island women and their doctors share their stories NEWPORT – Two years after she learned she had...
Report shows drastic drop in affordable rentals in Rhode Island
This story was originally published by the Rhode Island Current, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories. PROVIDENCE — Affordable...
On COVID anniversary, protestors renew call for nursing home standards legislation
Unionized long-term care workers blast McKee’s proposed budget and his opposition to Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board This story...
‘This Is a Calamity’: Federal Cuts Decimate NOAA Programs and Threaten Rhode Island’s Blue Economy
Originally published in ecoRI News, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories. PROVIDENCE — As chaos and uncertainty continue...
Federal education cuts threaten key school programs in New Bedford
More than immigration raids, school chief Andrew O’Leary fears the loss of language teachers and special needs programs as...
Q & A with Joann & Jim Mead
Congratulations on publication of your memoir, Married in Moscow: A Red-Hot Memoir in Cold War Times. We’ll get into it momentarily...
A new home for long-established drop-in center Oasis
People with mental health challenges find comfort, companionship and peer support in fresh surroundings PROVIDENCE — “Something that provides...