The Transcript: MR PATEL: Good afternoon, everybody. Apologies for being a little bit tardy. I do not have anything off the top, so Simon, would you like to kick us off? QUESTION: Sure, yeah. I wonder if you have any up-to-date information following the weekend’s events in Russia. Particularly interested if the U.S. is tracking changes to the status of the[Read More…]
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. And first, Happy Pride. (Applause.) So, I’ve learned a few things on this job over the last few years. Maybe one of the most important is never follow Jessica Stern to the podium. (Laughter.) Jessica’s just back from Geneva, representing the United States at the UN Human Rights Council. I want[Read More…]
Mayor Brett P. Smiley, Recreation Department Director Stephen Grace and Parks Superintendent Wendy Nilsson today announced the official reopening of Providence splash pads and pools and the start of summer meal service. Splash pads are officially reopened today, and pools will open on July 3 but will be closed on July 4 in observation of Independence Day. Free, nutritious[Read More…]
Dighton Rehoboth Regional Schools Welcomes Incoming High School Principal Dr. Jacqueline Ash! Dighton Rehoboth School Board Meeting Segment: June 27, 2023 We spoke to Dr. Ash in the moments before her formal introduction to the Dighton Rehoboth School Board … The Coalition Radio Network’s Pat Ford traveled overland for days, journeying to faraway Rehoboth, Massachusetts, to[Read More…]
In a letter dated today, June 26, 2023, long time Principal Jacqueline Ash has retired from her post as the Principal of Charles E. Shea Senior High School. A 34 year Veteran of Pawtucket Public Schools, the highly regarded Ms. Ash leaves behind a School in turmoil, as the physical plant repairs necessary to avoid NEASC accreditation loss remain[Read More…]
In a stunning, bang-bang series of votes earlier this evening, the Pawtucket School Committee voted to appoint Patricia Royal, currently Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education at Providence Public Schools. The Committee vote in favor, 4-3, closely followed a similar vote against Alexandra McNeil, currently serving as Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, Needham (MA) Public Schools Two Union Members (See Video[Read More…]
House Committee Passes Reforms To Payday Loan Industry Today House Committee on Corporations Passed Bipartisan Payday Lending Reform Bill 7-1: Representative Brian Kennedy The Lone Dissent From The Economic Progress Institute Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore, State Representative Karen Alzate (District 60), State Senator Ana B. Quezada (District 2), Alan Krinsky, Director of Research and Fiscal Policy of[Read More…]
Is That Too Much To Ask? In an unscripted moment, Representative Alex Marszelkowski (D District 52 Cumberland) (2nd Vice Chair House Finance) was briefly interrogated by Rep Patricia Morgan (R District 26 Coventry), seeking to understand the financial underpinnings of the $45M “Life Sciences Hub”. Rep Morgan inquired as to the potential occupancy of the project, employing the[Read More…]
From The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Mayor Frank Picozzi, Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, and the Rhode Island Department of Education joined school district leaders, students, and staff at Wyman Elementary School to award $7.5 million in RIDE’s Learning Inside Out Outdoor Classroom grants. In total, 89 projects across 29 local education agencies (LEAs) will receive[Read More…]
Public Health Alert: Rhode Island Overdose Action Area Response (ROAAR)Providence The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals issue this ROAAR Alert due to increased non-fatal opioid overdose activity in Providence. From May 28 to June 3, 2023, Providence exceeded its weekly, pre-established opioid overdose threshold. There were 24 reports of individuals receiving care from an emergency[Read More…]
Cranston Mayor Schedules Presser to Challenge City Council Chair … Retribution? or Good Governance? He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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