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2024 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Fact Book released TODAY

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United Way 211 opens satellite at CCRI, Warwick, to help “remove barriers to student success” April 29, 2025
The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) has partnered with United Way of Rhode Island to establish a 211 satellite office on CCRI’s Warwick campus, expanding access to essential community resources for students. This collaboration underscores CCRI’s ongoing commitment to removing barriers to student success and ensuring students have the support they need to thrive… […]
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Networking Pick of the Week: Statewide Business After Hours. A not-to-miss event April 29, 2025
The Rhode Island Chambers of Commerce invite you to come make some great connections! The Statewide Business After Hours event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island. This annual networking event, hosted by the Rhode Island Chambers of Commerce, brings… […]
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Free, reduced tuition for eligible New England and So. Carolina students at Johnson & Wales April 29, 2025
Johnson & Wales University Expands Access to Free Tuition Initiative for Eligible Undergraduate Students in More States – Students from all of New England, South Carolina can now have up to 100 percent of tuition covered by The JWU Pledge Johnson & Wales University has expanded access to its new free tuition initiative for qualifying… […]
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Rhode Island Weather for April 29, 2025 – Jack Donnelly April 29, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A frontal system approaches from the midwest and provides a slight chance for some late evening showers after a decent day with morning sun and building clouds, southerly winds gusting to 30 mph. Highs in the mid 70’s and morning lows in the mid 50’s. It’s an “B” day! Follow Jack’s… […]
Jack Donnelly
ART! Ebb & Flow at Newport Art Museum April 29, 2025
Join art fans for EBB & FLOW, an OYSTER PARTY, on Sunday, May 4th from 12-2pm! Ebb & Flow will feature local nonprofits GreenCrab.org and Eating with the Ecosystem, as well as Newport Art Museum’s former Artist in Residence (AiR) Andrea Spiridonakos and her exhibition “Without You (I’m Just An Empty Shell)“! The event is… […]
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Rhode Island Weather for April 28, 2025 – Jack Donnelly April 28, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure to the southwest brings in warmer air and helps to clear out the clouds. Morning lows in the upper 40’s followed by afternoon highs in the mid 70’s with a northwesterly breeze. It’s an “A” day! ___ Follow Jack’s weather forecasts, here: WEATHER WITH JOHN DONNELLY Jack Donnelly was… […]
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Cumberland, a ‘hot bed’ of local slow pitch softball – John Cardullo April 28, 2025
by John Cardullo, sportswriter Is the town of Cumberland the newest “Hot Bed” of local slow pitch softball? Since it’s induction ceremony in November 2018, the executive board of the Rhode Island Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame have noticed that a fair share of inductees has been coming from an area that would otherwise… […]
John Cardullo
RI Veterans help Martha’s Vineyard Veterans raise funds for program cut by VA – John A. Cianci April 28, 2025
It was a rainy day, but our veterans writer, John A. Cianci, had to be there. So, it was over on the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard and back. Why? To support the MV Veterans Center who learned earlier this month that the federal contract for a veterans counseling program on Martha’s Vineyard would not be… […]
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Meeting the challenges of an aging farm workforce, in a bipartisan way – Herb Weiss April 28, 2025
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues About 16 months ago, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Mike Braun (R-IN) released a report titled Feeding the Future, sounding the alarm about the growing challenges older farmers face and urging Congress and the Biden administration to secure the future of American agriculture.… […]
Herb Weiss
Why did affirmative action go away? – Mary T. O’Sullivan April 28, 2025
By Mary T. O’Sulllivan, MSOL, contributing writer “Discrimination still exists in America…[The Court’s] decision does not change that.” – former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. On the heels of the powerful Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order (EO) 10925, ensuring “affirmative action” for any organization doing… […]
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