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Without the grand institutions — hospitals, universities, the state Capitol — Providence wouldn’t be half the capital it is now. But all those nonprofits don’t pay taxes, and that...
by Ellen Liberman
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Vacancies in top posts, anti-incumbency fever and a new third party have created an election field like none other in Rhode Island this year. Place your November bets.
by Ellen Liberman
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After fifteen years of neglect and haggling, everyone’s still in the game to buy Rocky Point — including voters, in a $10 million bond question this November.
by Ellen Liberman
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One year later, the global waiver that allowed Rhode Island to go its own way on Medicaid has patients worrying that budget cuts, not innovation, are the prescription.
by Ellen Liberman
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We’re the only state in the country with no school funding formula. A new push to establish one must tackle an almost impossible question: how to make it fair?
by Ellen Liberman
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The R.I. School for the Deaf will move into a new $32-million building this fall as it struggles to improve its services. Can it once more be a voice for deaf culture?
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New laws outlawing prostitution don’t change the real problem — that it’s women who end up in jail, again and again, and not the men who pimp and traffick
by Ellen Liberman
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Children exposed to violent crime often go on to practice it. An innovative partnership between social workers and cops aims to break the cycle.
by Ellen Liberman
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State funding is drying up for kids who need intensive therapies. Without it, parents worry, what will help their kids bridge the divide to normal life?
by Ellen Liberman
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Rhode Island needs to get behind its artists so that they (and the rest of us) can not only survive, but emerge from the downturn ready to realize our potential.
by Ellen Liberman
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