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May 3 2022

Unsteady start for RI’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Council – Richard Asinof

Photo: Jonathan Goyer, standing underneath a portrait of Jim Gillen by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer A recommended slate of ...
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May 3 2022

The law of the land becomes the law of the states on abortion, if SCOTUS leak accurate

(This is a developing story...) In a stunning and shocking development, a leak within the Supreme Court has released a ...
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May 2 2022

Buses from Kyiv – Dr. Michael Fine

by Dr. Michael Fine, contributing writer Thursday, we met ten buses carrying 450 people who had left Kyiv the night ...
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Apr 30 2022

Defining our truth.

Politico was the first to report that the Department of Homeland Security -DHS - "is standing up a new Disinformation ...
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Apr 29 2022

RI Office of Healthy Aging would return to state department status

From left, Newport senior Penny Fitch, Rep. Deborah Ruggiero (D-Dist. 74, Jamestown, Middletown), Rep. Lauren H. Carson (D-Dist. 75, Newport) ...
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Apr 29 2022

Rally to establish office of Special Education Ombudsman

A rally to establish an office of Special Education Ombudsman in Rhode Island will be held on Saturday, April 30th ...
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Apr 27 2022

Ray Rickman, “The Civil Rights Kid” – Presentation TONIGHT

Ray Rickman will be featured in a Special Presentation, "The Civil Rights Kid" TONIGHT, April 27th from 4-5pm. The ZOOM ...
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Apr 26 2022

A talk with Kristin Sousa, new director of the RI Medicaid office – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photon courtesy of RI EOHHS, Kristin Sousa, director of the R.I. Medicaid office. Kristin Sousa, the ...
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Apr 26 2022

Get Housing RIght: 2-day affordable housing conference at URI

On the heels of a research project on public housing in Rhode Island, the URI Center for Nonviolence and Peace ...
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Apr 26 2022

May is Mental Health Month – RI Kickoff, events, awards

Mental Health America’s 2021 report identifies that 50,000 Rhode Islanders, 27.9% of adults experiencing mental illness, reported they were not ...