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District fires driver, monitors who left North Kingstown student alone on school bus
The North Kingstown School Department announced Friday that the driver and monitors responsible for leaving a 4-year-old boy unattended on a bus earlier this week have been fired.
Rhode Island Updates DUI Legislation for the First Time in Years
The Rhode Island General Assembly has passed a new DUI law that will strengthen penalties for those who drink and drive. Attorney General Neronha, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD RI), and state leaders have joined forces to pass public safety legislation in hopes that it will better combat drunk driving.
These Michigan Counties Are Larger than the Entire State of Rhode Island
Rhode Island is a quirky little state. Most elementary school students learn early on that it's the smallest state in the Union. It conversely once had the longest official name - "The State of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations." However, the state officially dropped the suffix and is now officially just Rhode Island.
New poll: Rhode Islanders unhappy with McKee, direction of the state. Here's the takeaways.
Rhode Islanders are not very happy this summer about the "direction of the state" and Gov. Dan McKee's job performance, according to a newly released poll by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. Among the findings: ...
NBC 10 I-Team: Providence sees surge of illegal apartments amid housing crisis
(WJAR) — The housing crisis has come to a tipping point in Providence with dozens of illegal apartments popping up across the city. Records obtained by the NBC 10 I-Team show over the past two years, Providence inspectors have cited roughly 100 homes for illegal apartment units, or places people are sleeping in without the proper exits in case of an emergency.
Want to admire some of Rhode Island's biggest champion trees? Here's a town-by-town guide
Some of Rhode Island's most majestic trees are on display in public gardens and arboreta, like Wilcox Park in Westerly and Blithewold in Bristol. Others are hiding in plain sight right outside suburban homes. ...
Eleven state legislative hopefuls drop out of signature certification deadline
Rhode Island House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi has an unobstructed path to victory in the November election, after a would-be Republican challenger failed to turn in the required 50 signatures of district voters needed to make the November ballot. Dana James Traversie, a Warwick Republican whose campaign website describes himself as a hacker with “zero […] The post Eleven state legislative hopefuls drop out of signature certification deadline appeared first on Rhode Island Current.
Traffic Debate Takes Wrong Turn in Newport
Discussion was heated on July 10 as the Newport City Council approved a resolution instructing city staff to provide recommendations for traffic-calming measures. Councilor David Carlin, the resolution’s author, said he has received frequent complaints of traffic laws being disregarded, such as stop signs, yield signs, crosswalks in school zones and more, and that violations were often by motor vehicles displaying out-of-state plates.
RISPCA accepting dogs and cats from Texas shelter impacted by Hurricane Beryl
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said it is accepting dogs and cats from a shelter in Lake Jackson, Texas which was affected by Hurricane Beryl. RISPCA said that it is expecting 13 dogs and up to 40 cats and...
Providence hotel workers demand higher wages in ‘Make Them Pay’ picket
Around 60 members of the hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE Local 26 demanded higher wages at a rally outside the Omni Providence Thursday. The union also announced an Aug. 7 strike vote should Providence hotels not meet their demands. U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI 2), Providence City Council President...
Newport Considers Citywide Short-Term Rental Ban
Newport is looking to expand a ban citywide on new, non-owner occupied short-term rentals under 30 days. The city previously banned new, non-owner-occupied short-term rentals in residential zones in 2022. On July 10, the City Council unanimously approved a resolution instructing city administration to present ordinance changes and administrative policies to prohibit such uses in any zone in the city by July 24. If approved, any potential ban would exempt properties “currently under contract to be purchased or permitted” for short- term rental use, according to the resolution.
New Dog Park Set to Open by End of Year
As the Rhode Island Department of Transportation’s Pell Bridge ramp realignment concludes in Newport, one final piece of the project will soon have many tails wagging. A 23,000-square-foot dog park is being built off Farewell Street and JT Connell Highway and is intended to replicate the former dog park that closed in 2021 as part of the project. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of the year, according to RIDOT.
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