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“It’s a relentless pursuit”: How one organization has secured housing for...
As homelessness has skyrocketed in Rhode Island, one nonprofit is combating the issue by giving private landlords thousands of dollars in cash for every homeless person they house. “It’s really just...
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The unsheltered homeless population in RI is up by 370% since before the...
The number of people experiencing homelessness during Rhode Island’s coldest month has skyrocketed, according to newly released statewide data. Every year, the Rhode Island Coalition to End...
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Portugal’s national day takes on an American flavor at Rhode Island Day of...
This weekend marks the 46th annual Rhode Island day of Portugal festival. There will be festivities in downtown Providence and Fox Point on Saturday and Sunday. But what is Rhode Island day of...
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Three RI bills aimed at reforming criminal justice are set to die today
The clock is ticking for the Rhode Island State Legislature to pass bills through the General Assembly. It is likely to adjourn on June 15, and several bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice...
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Providence announces upgrades to its hurricane barrier system
$1.5 million worth of repairs for hurricane barriers in Fox Point will start later this month, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced today, on the wettest July 10 on record in the last century. At...
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The Providence City Council hires lawyer to recoup millions in tax breaks
After a roughly four-hour closed door session Tuesday night, the Providence City Council voted to hire lawyer Max Wistow to take developer Arnold “Buff” Chace to court over tax breaks he received for...
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Eastern Medicine Singers bring Indigenous music to the forefront at Newport...
It was hot, humid and sunny at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival last Friday. To try to keep cool, most festival attendees wore as little clothing as possible. But at half past high noon on the festival...
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A 6th person has died in Rhode Island state custody this year
The death occurred early last Wednesday morning at the John J. Moran Medium Security Facility in Cranston, according to JR Ventura, the spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, who...
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Why are we seeing more black sea bass in Rhode Island and Massachusetts?
Little Compton commercial fisherman Charlie Borden got his start targeting lobster when he was just a kid. His dad taught him to fish. “We used to fish together out of a skiff,” Borden said. Now 44,...
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Providence City Plan Commission to consider unpopular Fox Point development
Wickenden Street, a commercial area with the kind of cute coffee shops, restaurants and shops you’d expect of a college town, could soon get a big new building. The City Plan Commission is expected to...
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After heated public hearing, Providence Plan Commission votes to go ahead...
Supporters of the new mixed-use development project proposed for the corner of Wickenden and Brook streets say it would bring much needed housing relief to an expensive neighborhood. But most of the...
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In a sea of shared values, how to distinguish between Democratic CD1 candidates?
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, The Public’s Radio presented a forum for Democratic candidates running to represent Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, ahead of the special election primary on Sept. 5....
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Sen. Sanders draws crowds of fans and a mystery critic at Regunberg rally
At a rally for 1st Congressional District candidate Aaron Regunberg at the Columbus Theatre on Aug. 27, speakers displayed the whole spectrum of progressive values. Outside the venue, a mystery truck...
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City of Providence, private universities announce new financial agreement in...
The leaders of Brown University, RISD, Johnson and Wales, and Providence College have agreed to a new payment plan with the city of Providence, Mayor Brett Smiley announced in a press conference...
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Highlights: Rhode Island special election primary 2023
Gabe Amo has won the Democratic primary for the 1st Congressional District. If he wins in November, he would be the first person of color elected to Congressional office in Rhode Island. Click here to...
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Amo scores groundbreaking win in CD1
In a historic win, Gabe Amo – the son of African immigrants who translated his early interest in politics to jobs in the Obama and Biden administrations – scored a decisive victory Tuesday over 10...
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A manatee has taken up residence in Quonochontaug Pond
New England is not exactly known for its manatees. But according to the spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Mike Healey, one of the sub-tropical specimens has...
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Floods have been wreaking havoc on Providence – and they’re likely not over yet
Providence’s sewer systems are not prepared for the amount of rain falling on the city this year, according to Mayor Brett Smiley. And all that extra water is wreaking havoc and endangering lives....
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Rhode Island closes parks near Glocester due to deadly mosquito-borne disease
The State Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has temporarily closed all of the state-owned recreational sites near Glocester, RI, where it considers the risk of two mosquito-borne illnesses...
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Providence City Council approves new agreement for voluntary payments from...
Last night the Providence City Council voted 9-1 to approve a new plan for Providence’s four private colleges to pay the city voluntary payments instead of taxes. This program, known as a payments in...
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