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Missed Tackle Led to Endless Study But Little Action on Rhode Island’s Plastic Pollution Problem
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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July 10, 2025
Seven years ago, on July 16, 2018 during “Beach Office Hours” at Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett, then-Gov. Gina Raimondo announced the creation of a “Task Force to Tackle Plastics.” The initiative proved to be a template for delay. The...
Our Favorite Write-Ins from the 2025 Best of Rhode Island Readers’ Poll
Rhode Island Monthly
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July 10, 2025
We’re so close, folks! The 2025 Best of Rhode Island winners have been notified and the party is just three weeks away (Thursday, July 24, at the WaterFire Arts Center to be exact — don’t forget to secure tickets here). But if you’re feeling...
Rhode Island State Police arrest 11 for violent offenses, seize guns, drugs, cash
NECN - Massachusetts
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Rhode Island Police said they have arrested 11 people for violent offenses following a multi-year investigation stemming from a shooting on Interstate 95 in front of the Providence Place Mall back in 2023. During their investigation, state police...
À la Heart GVL earns national recognition at 2025 ISHA Awards of Excellence in Newport, Rhode Island
Greenville Business Magazine - South Carolina
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July 10, 2025
(123rf.com Image) The South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association (SCRLA) is proud to announce that À la Heart GVL, an emergency assistance program supporting Greenville County’s hospitality workers, has been honored with a 2025 ISHA Award...
Noah Dobson’s wife Alexa gushes over ‘fairytale’ experience of marrying beau in the same Rhode Island location as John F. Kennedy
Sportskeeda
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July 10, 2025
Earlier this month, Habs defenseman Noah Dobson married sports reporter Alexa Serowik in Newport, Rhode Island. The wedding ceremony was held on July 1 at St. Mary’s Church, the same location where John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy got...
Nantucket’s workers are living on the margins
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The island town of charming cobblestone streets lined with shops selling handmade $400 caftans and high-end restaurants offering $50 lobster rolls is experiencing the same imbalance that has wracked other vacation destinations. In Spain, seasonal...
Rhode Island’s New Pet Insurance Act Is Here. What’s the Big Deal?
Live Insurance News
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July 8, 2025
Rhode Island is shaking up the pet insurance game. Come January 1, 2026, insurers selling coverage for pets in the Ocean State will have to follow the strict rules laid out in the brand-new Pet Insurance Act. This law isn’t just about pets—it’s...
Former Rhode Island Gov. Ed DiPrete has died
WJAR - Rhode Island
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(WJAR) — Former Rhode Island Gov. Ed DiPrete died Tuesday, on his 91st birthday, NBC 10 News has learned. DiPrete was governor from 1985 to 1991, and later served nearly a year in prison on corruption charges. Before winning three two-year terms...
Rhode Island awards $400K in agricultural energy grants
Ocean State Today - Rhode Island
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July 8, 2025
Terrence Gray, Director | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Agriculture and Forest EnvironmentTerrence Gray, Director | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Agriculture and Forest...
Rhode Island Updates ‘Revenge Porn’ Law to Include AI-Generated Deepfakes
Newport Buzz - Rhode Island
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July 8, 2025
Rhode Island has strengthened its “revenge porn” statute to include sexually explicit images created with artificial intelligence, closing a growing loophole in the fight against digital exploitation. The new law, championed by Rep. Jason Knight...
Alan Hassenfeld, Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist, dies at 76
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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July 9, 2025
Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist Alan Hassenfeld has died at age 76. Hassenfeld spent 15 years as chief executive officer of Hasbro, the Pawtucket-based toymaker that was founded by his grandfather and grand-uncle. He later served as...
In an interview, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island blamed the sweeping rollback of environmental protections on a flood of unlimited, anonymous corporate political spending, and said exposing the scale of this "fraud" is key to…
Barron News Shield - Wisconsin
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In an interview, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island blamed the sweeping rollback of environmental protections on a flood of unlimited, anonymous corporate political spending, and said exposing the scale of this "fraud" is key to...
New survey shows deep political divide among Rhode Island voters
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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July 9, 2025
Rhode Island Democrats and Republicans are living in vastly different realities when it comes to their perceptions of American democracy and the economy, according to a new survey released today by the Pell Center at Salve Regina University. The...
Rhode Island ranked 10th in average VA home loan amount in Q1
Ocean State Today - Rhode Island
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July 8, 2025
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov With $471,237 in home loans issued, Rhode Island ranked 10th in average loan amount for VA home loans in the first...
A bid to revitalise RAS performance in India
The Fish Site
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Blue Wave Aquaculture's co-founders: Shaurya (left) and Vatsal Agarwal The brothers both grew up in India, before being sent to the US to study © Blue Wave Aquaculture According to Agarwal, there’s a significant demand for trout in India but...
University of Rhode Island students discover historic shipwrecks
Hydro International
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A team of eight students, scientists and engineers from the University of Rhode Island (URI) recently returned from the first survey of known shipwrecks in the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. Using the university’s new, state-of-the-art...
How much Trump's ‘big beautiful' bill could raise electricity costs in every U.S. state over the next 10 years
NBC Connecticut
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July 14, 2025
Electricity prices are expected to surge higher throughout the next decade due to energy policy changes in President Donald Trump's "big beautiful" bill, according to a new analysis from Energy Innovation, a non-partisan energy and climate think...
DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear
E&E News
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July 14, 2025
A DOGE representative told the chair and top staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the agency will be expected to give “rubber stamp” approval to new reactors tested by the departments of Energy or Defense, according to three people with...
Arizona AG joins 23 states in suing Trump administration over frozen education grants
KOLD News 13 - Arizona
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July 14, 2025
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP/AZFamily) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined 23 states in suing the Trump administration over its decision to freeze $6.8 billion in education grants weeks before the school year starts. The U.S. Department...
Rhode Island’s Iconic Modern Diner Is for Sale
1420 WBSM - Massachusetts
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July 8, 2025
Somewhere between memorable radio gigs, a short stint as Senator Bernie Sanders's press guy for his first congressional campaign in 1988, and my nearly 10 years as a talk host at my current dial position, there was Pawtucket, Rhode Island. I...