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Chaplain Attacked By Rabid Fox
Health officials said a fox that attacked a university chaplain in her South Kingstown backyard has tested positive for rabies.
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R.I. lead paint ruling ends hope of costly cleanup
Health advocates and Rhode Island officials say it will be much harder to eliminate childhood lead poisoning after the state Supreme Court overturned a landmark jury verdict that could have led to a ...
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Rhode Island high court overturns lead-paint verdict
The Rhode Island Supreme Court yesterday brought an abrupt end to the state's nine-year campaign to force some of the nation's major corporations to clean up the lead-based paints that the state believes ...
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Rhode Island Is Number One In Adult Flu Shots
Department of Health announced that Rhode Island had the nation's highest rate in 2007 for influenza vaccination among adults 65 years and older.
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Donna Perry to challenge Paiva Weed
Some interesting news from the state GOP: Donna Perry of Jamestown, executive director of the Rhode Island Republican Party is launching a challenge to Senator Teresa Pavia Weed , the majority leader of that ...
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Yachts set sail in Newport-Bermuda race
More than 200 yachts left Newport Harbor on Friday for the start of a 600-mile race to Bermuda.
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R.I. to extend unemployment benefits by 13 weeks
Some long-term job-seekers in Rhode Island will become eligible for extended unemployment benefits starting July 6, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.
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What if Twin River goes bankrupt?
I wish I had a quarter for every time someone has asked me this in the past few months: "What is the state going to do if Twin River goes bankrupt?" They usually add some variation of: "We'll all be in trouble ...
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Strained states to make cuts felt by everyone
With a new fiscal year beginning in most states next week, budget cuts are about to bite.
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Rhode Island Physicians Call On Lawmakers To Pass Legislation That...
Several physicians in Rhode Island are calling on the General Assembly to pass legislation that would waive a requirement that people receiving an HIV test sign a written consent form, the Providence Journal ...
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New RI budget depends on uncertain Medicaid plan
Struggling to close a massive budget deficit, Rhode Island lawmakers passed a spending proposal this week that's supposed to save millions of dollars by capping state Medicaid spending for the needy, elderly, ...
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Criticism of the Traffic Tribunal Selection Process
Magistrate Selection Committee set up by Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Williams to screen candidates for two vacancies on the Traffic Tribunal: No public testimony was allowed.
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House expected to vote today on $7.89 billion state budget
The House of Representatives will gather this afternoon and fight deep into the night to approve a state budget aimed at closing a massive deficit that Governor Carcieri says threatens Rhode Island's economic ...
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Matinee idle: Tax credit cap could seriously jeopardize state's film industry
It should have been the high point of Rhode Island's movie-making industry to date.
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2 movies about former Providence Mayor Cianci moving forward
Former Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci is on track to be the subject of not one but two movies about his life.
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R.I. House to unveil budget
Rhode Island lawmakers already have voted to release violent prisoners early, cut health care for immigrant children and slice retirement benefits for state workers to balance the state budget.
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Judge raises constitutional issue in R.I. gay divorce case
A Superior Court judge has refused to hear the divorce case of a lesbian couple, but questioned whether the law that barred the women from ending their marriage unconstitutionally denied them a right enjoyed by ...
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'You have to believe in you!' Cosby tells ACI inmates
Bill Cosby, the comedian and, more recently, social critic, once took a film crew inside a prison to learn why so many felons waited until they were jailed before they picked up books and started educating ...
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Bill would study rates of cancer among R.I. firefighters
They rush into burning buildings, and now firefighters are worrying if they are also fighting an invisible hazard-cancer. Rhode Island firefighters are pushing a bill that would authorize the Department of ...
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Air quality alert in effect for today
Rhode Islanders are bracing for hot and sticky again today, but at least free bus rides are in the forecast too.
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