Jan 3, 2025 · It’s a shiny new year, brimming with possibilities. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here. *** 1. STORY OF THE WEEK: The Rhode Island Senate remains the more fractious of Smith […]

Jan 17, 2025 · One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI raided City Hall and Buddy Cianci’s East Side home.

Dec 26, 2024 · In the New Year, the City Plan Commission is set to discuss possible changes related to: the rules requiring developers to add off-street parking to some new residential buildings, regulations guiding the development of polluting industries in the Port of Providence area, and whether to add rules that dictate how new developments must look. At […]

Dec 7, 2024 · Olivier Latry was the last person to play Notre Dame’s great instrument, on Palm Sunday 2019, the day before the fire. Latry is the cathedral’s longest-serving organist, and when the position opened up he applied for it on a lark.

Jan 2, 2025 · The FBI released this image with a size chart showing the height of the alleged pipe bomber — 5 foot 7 inches. (FBI) The FBI is releasing new details about the person who planted pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on the night before the riot at the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago, in hopes of solving a long-standing mystery.

Dec 29, 2024 · Other popular titles in 2024 included Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, Think Twice by Harlan Coben and Camino Ghost by John Grisham. One of the most-borrowed non-fiction titles from 2024 was The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Eric Larson.. NPR scanned the most-borrowed lists of …

Nov 7, 2024 · The city of Fall River has traditionally been a blue community where Democrats have thrived. But after the unofficial numbers came in from the city’s 27 polling places, the Spindle City looks like a shade of purple, with former President Donald Trump sliding into first place over Vice President Kamala Harris. The unofficial tally: the […]

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Dec 16, 2024 · The state of Rhode Island is facing questions about its ongoing reliance on Deloitte after the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders became potentially vulnerable during a recent cyber attack. The hack was revealed late Friday and involves RI Bridges, the state’s portal for an array of health and public benefit programs. […]

Dec 21, 2024 · LaRussell: Tiny Desk Concert. LaRussell proved that some of the best performances come from musicians that have fun doing what they do best. This was an uplifting, energetic and genuine concert filled with laughs, contagious smiles and a few Smeeze dances sprinkled in for good measure. The rapper was unapologetically himself — an eccentric experience for the Tiny Desk, but business as usual ...