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Rhode Island Report
Latest Episodes
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Podcast: ‘I want to tell you what happened in St. Mary’s’
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Globe reporter Amanda Milkovits talks about what she has heard from one of the 11 children still living at the state’s troubled psychiatric residential facility for children.
GLOBE RI + RI PBS
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At age 9, he journeyed from El Salvador to the US — without his parents
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Javier Zamora talks about his new memoir, “Solito,” and Maureen Nagle talks about why it’s this year’s Reading Across Rhode Island selection.
PODCAST
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Public records undergird R.I.’s biggest news stories
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, ecoRI News reporter Colleen Cronin and Common Cause RI’s John Marion talk about the value of the Access to Public Records Act, and legislation that would strengthen that state law.
GLOBE RI + RI PBS
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Providence’s ‘Superman’ building could need more public funding, R.I. housing secretary says
Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor said he is in talks with the owner of the vacant Industrial Trust Building to find more funding for the 300-apartment development project.
PODCAST
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Can Rhode Island’s restaurants survive the Washington Bridge’s problems?
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Providence business owner Kate Roberts said she does not “see a super clear path forward on how to make up those dollars” lost due to the bridge’s closure.
RHODE MAP
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🎧🏆 Listen to our award-winning podcast
Ed Fitzpatrick and the team at the Rhode Island Report won first place for best podcast at the New England Newspaper & Press Association awards.
RI REPORT + RI PBS
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Podcast: Locking up cellphones was key move at Central Falls High School
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Globe’s Steph Machado discusses her RI PBS Weekly report on the debate over banning cellphones in schools.
EDUCATION
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Bonus Podcast: Rhode Map Live event on the state of education, from K-12 through college
The panelists included Lisa Odom-Villella, the deputy commissioner of elementary and secondary education, Shannon Gilkey, the commissioner of postsecondary education, and Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera.
More Recent Stories
Boston man caught in Providence after allegedly kidnapping infant daughter in Peabody
Jamaine B. Johnson, 41, was arraigned in Sixth District Court in Providence Tuesday on charges of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer, and being a fugitive from justice on a warrant filed in Peabody, Rhode Island State Police said in a statement.
BUSINESS
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R.I.’s lawyers warn Washington Bridge contractors about possible lawsuit
The letter from attorney Max Wistow invites the companies to inspect the bridge before it gets demolished.
BUSINESS
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R.I. seeks construction firms for Washington Bridge, with $10m for early completion
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has said the bridge should be complete between March and September of 2026.
PROTESTS
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Protesters clear encampment at Brown University after reaching compromise on divestment
Organizer Arman Deendar called the outcome of the negotiations “a historic win.”
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Judge: Criminal case against coach Aaron Thomas in ‘naked fat tests’ of boys can proceed
Former North Kingstown High boys basketball coach Aaron Thomas is facing charges of child molestation, sexual assault, for his behavior during self-designed "fat tests" of naked teen boys.
RI POLITICS
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R.I. Ethics Commission will investigate nepotism complaint against Cranston mayor
Mayor Kenneth Hopkins rejects the allegations in the complaint, which comes amid what is shaping up to be Rhode Island’s mostly hotly contested political race, Cranston’s Republican mayoral primary.
RHODE MAP
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Is Helena Foulkes running for governor of Rhode Island again?
The former CVS exec who finished second to Governor McKee in the 2022 Democratic primary says she hasn’t made up her mind about running for governor in 2026, but she sure seems to be comfortable with asking her supporters for campaign donations.
RI HEALTH
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R.I. must do better than a 17 percent COVID vaccination rate, advocates say
“I was hoping we could come out of this with people viewing the COVID vaccines as something you do every year like the flu shot,” Senator Zurier said. “I don’t believe we are doing everything we can.”