October 1, 2026
“Reader’s Digest” always claimed laughter was the best medicine. In Lee County, laughter has also become a resistance tactic for people who want to keep their community free of ugly sprawl. “There were no boos when a cadre of Lee County planners presented their re-write of an element of the Lee Plan to a packed […]
Traducido por Claudia Amaro. TOPEKA — Las autoridades sanitarias estatales advirtieron a los habitantes de Kansas que estén atentos a un aumento de los encuentros con animales rabiosos, principalmente con murciélagos. El Departamento de Salud y Medio Ambiente de Kansas emitió un aviso el martes instando a los proveedores de atención médica a ser conscientes […]
(BPT) - Key takeaways:Buying and traditional leasing have long been the two main ways to have an everyday car, but both typically require longer-term financial commitments.More flexible car options …
(BPT) - Key takeaways:Buying and traditional leasing have long been the two main ways to have an everyday car, but both typically require longer-term financial commitments.More flexible car options …
The prospect of data centers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough has raised public concern and scrutiny of a proposed state land transfer of nearly 20,000 acres to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. Now, Alaska lawmakers are weighing in with legal concerns about the state’s proposal. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources issued a preliminary […]
Families of Arkansas children with disabilities packed the Old Supreme Court room at the state Capitol on Wednesday and urged Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to take further action toward clearing a waiting list for supportive services. More than 2,400 Arkansas families are waiting for a Medicaid waiver that will help them meet their children’s complex […]
Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore is facing another demand from the Trump administration to provide the state’s voter data, this time to preserve all documents related to the 2024 election. In a Sept. 4 letter, the U.S. Department of Justice directed Amore not to destroy records from the 2024 election because he is […]
Former Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Liz Tanner has joined the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI)’s leadership team after working a part-time summer gig at the community college. Tanner will serve as the school’s interim vice president for workforce and institutional advancement. She told Rhode Island Current on Wednesday that her new role gives her […]
Way.com reports on auto repair shops per capita in Rhode Island and across the country.
Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Septembers in Rhode Island since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information
A Place for Mom reports on memory care costs in Massachusetts and across the country.
Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Septembers in Massachusetts since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information
Way.com reports on auto repair shops per capita in Massachusetts and across the country.
Republican attorney general nominee Alan Gordon said he’s confident in his legal analysis of the 19-page plan he unveiled Tuesday in his campaign’s first press conference at the Rhode Island State House. “I ran it through three AIs,” he told the only reporter who showed up. His idea: to criminally charge men whose consensual sex […]
Gresh Laing’s 2024 Tesla Cybertruck gets plenty of attention on Rhode Island’s roads. Most of it isn’t friendly. “I get more middle fingers and thumbs-downs and just looks of disdain and hate, having this vehicle drive me around Rhode Island, than I have ever experienced in my entire life,” he said in an interview. The […]
A review of three close primaries by the Rhode Island Board of Elections morning did not change the winner in any of them, Miguel Nunez, elections board director, told the panel Tuesday. A rereading of flash drives holding vote totals from ballot counting machines concluded with identical margins of victory for Republican gubernatorial nominee Aaron […]
Like the Red Sox season, the health care picture in the state this year has been marked by big ups and downs.
The report recommends advancing planned projects, restoring, and expanding bus lanes, headway management to keep buses evenly spaces, and rolling out automated enforcement to address vehicles blocking bus lanes and bus stops.
Gov. Maura Healey is all-in on artificial intelligence, but she's also trying to get a handle on soaring energy costs and a growing backlash to the very structures supporting the AI boom — data centers. This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Jennifer Smith and Jordan Wolman discuss the governor's new executive order trying to make data centers greener and more responsive to community feedback, and the paradox of pushing for expanded AI usage as communities revolt against its infrastructure.
The state's largest teachers union is now the single biggest financial backer of keeping a 2024 gun control law on the books.
Rhode Island archery deer hunters started the season two weeks earlier in a larger portion of the state on Tuesday, a change supported by new data on the size of the deer population. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) divides the Ocean State into four deer management zones for hunters. Archery season in […]
Five months ago, Lynn Blais stood shoulder to shoulder with suit-clad executives at a Friday afternoon press conference in March, smiling and clapping as they celebrated The Centurion Foundation’s long-awaited purchase of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. On Wednesday, as Blais, president of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals, sat […]
Jump reports that AI financial advice can improve decision-making but may also lead to poor outcomes for low-literacy users, highlighting the need for quality guidance.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says the state will split its Meta lawsuit settlement money among the three state departments: Health, Education and Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
The public has until noon Thursday to send written comments on the six candidates vying to become Rhode Island’s first inspector general to the five-member commission who will be interviewing them. But the search panel has yet to decide whether it will post those comments online. A decision is on the agenda for the Inspector […]