The new superintendent for the struggling Providence Public School District said Monday he’ll work with a sense of urgency to unleash “hope and opportunity” for students.… MORE
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Democrats demand Bolton testify at Trump’s impeachment trial
Bolton writes in his forthcoming book that Trump told him that he wanted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid from Ukraine until it helped him with investigations into Biden. Trump’s legal team has repeatedly insisted otherwise.… MORE
Kobe Bryant, daughter killed in copter crash, 7 others dead
Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career spent entirely with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41.… MORE
Rhode Island Convention Center Authority seeks State Police investigation into Mattiello audit threat
WPRO’s Dan Yorke has obtained a letter from Rhode Island Convention Center Authority chair Bernard Buonanno and Executive Director James McCarville to Rhode Island State Police Colonel James Manni requesting a formal investigation into House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s threat of an audit, “the motivation behind it, and if any laws have been broken.”… MORE
Speaker Mattiello drops audit of convention center
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello canceled an audit of the Rhode Island Convention Center on Thursday after the top House Republican filed a lawsuit accusing him of abusing his power.… MORE
Rhode Island to divest from private prisons, gun makers
Rhode Island’s state treasurer says the state’s public pension fund will stop investing in companies that operate private prisons and make assault-style weapons for sale to civilians. … MORE
ACLU sues over continued imprisonment of paroled inmate
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Rhode Island Department of Corrections over the continued imprisonment of an inmate who was granted parole. … MORE
Brown fundraiser with ties to Epstein resigns
A Brown University fundraising director placed on leave by the Ivy League school for his involvement in accepting donations from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein while at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab has resigned. … MORE
Rhode Island to divest from private prisons, gun makers
The Rhode Island public pension fund will stop investing in companies that operate private prisons and make “assault-style” weapons for sale to civilians, Treasurer Seth Magaziner announced Wednesday.… MORE
Governor announces $27M federal preschool development grant
Gov. Gina Raimondo says Rhode Island has been awarded a three-year, $27 million federal grant to develop its preschool programs. … MORE
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