Earlier this year, as part of his department’s “Freedom to Drive” initiative, which aims to lessen the time Americans spend “staring at a car bumper,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asked states to single out their most congested roadways. An unfinished plan to directly connect Route 4 and Interstate 95 in all directions was at […]

On Aug, 20, 1999, crowds streamed through the Providence Place mall, ready to celebrate the long-awaited opening day of the downtown shopping destination.  On Thursday — exactly 27 years later — a much smaller and more muted celebration unfolded as the mall’s new owners gathered outside the first-floor Apple store to announce that they had […]

If seeing is believing, the single foundation shaft resting on the bank of the Seekonk River below an open sky where the westbound Washington Bridge once loomed offers little reassurance. Nor does Gov. Dan McKee’s repeated promise that the replacement highway construction is progressing well, even ahead of schedule. Enter animation. The 2 minute and […]

A discarded cigarette butt has led to the arrest of a 41-year-old Woonsocket man accused of raping two women in separate attacks in Hopkinton and North Stonington, Connecticut, 21 years ago. Robert Czerwein was ordered held without bail Wednesday after his arraignment on two counts of first-degree sexual assault in 4th Division District Court for […]

Interruptions and insults flew across the stage of Rhode Island College’s Sapinsley Hall auditorium Tuesday night as two Democratic gubernatorial candidates attempted to school the other in the third and final debate before the primary, hosted by WPRI-TV 12. Fresh off another round of public polling that shows him 20 points behind challenger Helena Buonanno […]

Kim Ahern’s latest campaign ad in the four-way Democratic primary for Rhode Island’s next attorney general begins with her reading from a plaque she was given on her final day as a prosecutor in 2019. “Your unwavering dedication to the mission of the department and victims of crime is an inspiration to all of those […]

A colleague’s empty seat separated Deborah Janick from the three other members of the Tiverton Town Council present at its July 27 meeting. So too did her perspective on Flock Safety.  Janick was the only no as the council voted 3-1 — with three members absent — to approve the installation of additional Flock automated […]

Among Gov. Dan McKee’s favorite statistics: the 37,000 jobs “created” under his administration. But his recent boast drew a strong rebuke from his Democratic primary challenger, Helena Buonanno Foulkes. “This is a lie he’s telling all of you, and I really want to clarify that,” Foulkes said in response to McKee during an Aug. 12 […]

Three weeks and a day out from the primary, Gov. Dan McKee has failed to narrow a 20-point gap with his Democratic gubernatorial challenger, Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a survey published Tuesday by The Pell Center at Salve Regina University finds.  The poll of 857 likely primary voters echoes surveys by other organizations, which also showed […]

An “Aegean Breeze, a “Rhodes Island sangria,” the “Dirty Greek,” and “Aphrodite’s kiss.” Lagers from Greece, and red and white wines, too. These are some of the drinks on the menu now at Estiatorio Estiatorio Fili, a Greek restaurant in Providence’s Wayland Square. But its owner George Potsidis is planning for a September without libations. […]

A federal court order that blocked Rhode Island regulators from awarding cannabis retail licenses is now lifted, clearing the way for a new application process already underway. U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose on Friday dissolved the preliminary injunction she issued against the Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission on April 8 now that the state’s […]

Lifelong Republican Joe Paglia recently disaffiliated from the GOP for the first time in his life. His views haven’t changed. But the Narragansett resident and small business owner sees the registration change, which lets him vote in local and state Democratic primaries, as a way to change the course of a political path he doesn’t […]

Rhode Island does not have the primary care capacity to meet the needs of the more than 1.1 million people who live here. Strategic proposals are on the table to help attract and retain primary care physicians, but the issue is more than simply not having enough of them.  Every visit now carries more weight, […]