Mass. man set to change plea in RI cigarette case
A Massachusetts man accused of bringing contraband cigarettes into Rhode Island as part of scheme that authorities say cost the Ocean State $5.7 million in tax revenue is set to change his plea.
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Harvard’s Voluntary Tax Payments Spur Ailing Providence to Pressure Brown
Brown University , the Ivy League school whose endowment grew to $2.5 billion last year, may boost voluntary tax payments to Providence, Rhode Island, after the city said it was nearing bankruptcy.
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Harvard’s Voluntary Tax Payments Spur Ailing Providence to Pressure Brown
New Partnership Announced for Failing Providence Schools
The Rhode Island Foundation announced Tuesday morning that it will make a grant of $100,000 to support the creation of United Providence , a unique labor-management compact between the Providence Public School District and the Providence Teachers Union, AFT Local 958.
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New Partnership Announced for Failing Providence Schools
Rhode Island’s Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected In 17th Annual National Awards Program
PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sandanie Ambalangodage, 17, of Smithfield and Nicholas Lowinger, 14, of Cranston today were named Rhode Island’s top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. Sandanie was nominated by Lincoln School in Providence, and Nicholas was nominated by Serve Rhode Island in Providence. The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, now in its 17th year, is con
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Rhode Island’s Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected In 17th Annual National Awards Program
Students launch 'Occupy RI Campuses' group
College students in Rhode Island are organizing a group known as Occupy Rhode Island Campuses in an effort to protest what they call a broken system of higher education.
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Students launch 'Occupy RI Campuses' group
Dan Lawlor: Time to End Homelessness in Providence
According to the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless, “Approximately 18% of the homeless population in Rhode Island is considered chronically homeless – that is, they have been homeless multiple times over a period of years or for years at a time.” Yet here’s another fact.
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Dan Lawlor: Time to End Homelessness in Providence
RI drivers say school bus camera system is flawed
Some Rhode Island drivers who received traffic tickets based on video taken by school bus cameras say they weren't doing anything wrong and the system is flawed.
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RI drivers say school bus camera system is flawed
RI governor wants to add tobacco tax investigators
Nearly three months after police busted a cigarette-smuggling ring that authorities say cost Rhode Island $5.7 million in tax revenue, Gov. Lincoln Chafee wants to increase the number of investigators …
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Providence mayor, RI Gov. meet on city finances
Providence Mayor Angel Taveras (tuh-VEHR'-us) met with Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) to discuss the growing financial crisis that has brought the state's largest city to the brink of bankruptcy.
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Providence mayor, RI Gov. meet on city finances
Mollis to help RI residents get voter IDs
A campaign is being launched to help residents comply with a new voter identification law before Rhode Islanders vote in the state’s presidential primary on April 24.
