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Breaking! Pawtucket’s Shea High School Placed On Formal Warning By New England Association Of Schools & Colleges, Safety Issues Endanger Accredidation

Breaking! Pawtucket’s Shea High School Placed On Formal Warning By New England Association Of Schools & Colleges, Safety Issues Endanger Accredidation

  NOTE: This story will be periodically updated throughout the coming days The New England Association of Schools & Colleges, Commission on Public Schools is the Agency of Accreditation for the City of Pawtucket Public Schools, including the troubled Shea High School. Some background on NEASC: From The NEASC Website: NEASC partners with schools to assess, support, and promote high[Read More…]

by — December 15, 2022 — 1 comment — Politics
Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training Announces 2023 Unemployment Insurance & Temporary Disability Insurance Tax Rates

Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training Announces 2023 Unemployment Insurance & Temporary Disability Insurance Tax Rates

Department of Labor and Training Announces 2023 Tax Rates For Unemployment Insurance & Temporary Disability Insurance The Department of Labor and Training (DLT) today announced the 2023 tax rates for the unemployment insurance (UI) and temporary disability insurance (TDI) programs. Effective January 1, 2023, unemployment insurance tax rates will move down to Schedule G, with rates ranging from 1.1 percent[Read More…]

by — December 14, 2022 — 0 comments — Business, Politics
Committee To Protect Journalists: Journalist imprisonments Reach 30-Year High

Committee To Protect Journalists: Journalist imprisonments Reach 30-Year High

  Dramatic rise in arrests makes Iran world’s worst jailer of journalists in 2022 From CPJ-The Committee To Protect Journalists The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide is the highest ever recorded in the 30 years that the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has produced its prison census, the organization said Wednesday. A record 363 journalists were behind bars as of[Read More…]

by — December 14, 2022 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties, Human Rights - The World
Providence Public Schools & RIDE Announce Next Phase Of $500 Million Plan To Rebuild Crumbling Schools

Providence Public Schools & RIDE Announce Next Phase Of $500 Million Plan To Rebuild Crumbling Schools

Plan Puts More Students In 21st Century Learning Spaces-Includes 10 New Or Like-New Schools From The Providence Public School District & The Rhode Island Department Of Education: Today the Providence Public School District (PPSD) and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) announced the next phase of an historic plan to rebuild the capital city’s schools. Many Providence schools were built over 100[Read More…]

by — December 13, 2022 — 0 comments — Politics
ACLU OF RHODE ISLAND AND CENTER FOR JUSTICE SEEK COURT INJUNCTION AGAINST REMOVAL OF CAMPING PROTESTERS FROM STATE HOUSE GROUNDS

ACLU OF RHODE ISLAND AND CENTER FOR JUSTICE SEEK COURT INJUNCTION AGAINST REMOVAL OF CAMPING PROTESTERS FROM STATE HOUSE GROUNDS

          Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and the R.I. Center for Justice have today filed a complaint on behalf of two dozen homeless individuals to allow them to continue camping at the State House to protest the lack of adequate housing for individuals in Rhode Island.   The complaint supplements one[Read More…]

by — December 13, 2022 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties, Politics
The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council: “Municipal Services in Rhode Island: How Cities and Towns Spend Their Money”

The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council: “Municipal Services in Rhode Island: How Cities and Towns Spend Their Money”

From The Rhode Island Public Expenditures Council: The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) released their report “Municipal Services in Rhode Island: How Cities and Towns Spend Their Money” today. The fourth in a series on municipal finance, the report analyzes how municipalities allocate resources across non-education services, such as public safety, public works, and administration, and offers policy recommendations[Read More…]

by — December 13, 2022 — 0 comments — Business, Politics
RIPTA To Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Service Change to Route 10x

RIPTA To Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Service Change to Route 10x

  Hearing Scheduled for December 20, 2022 in Foster The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will hold a public hearing on a proposed service change to Route 10x (North Scituate Park-n-Ride) on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 in Foster.  RIPTA is proposing to extend­ the route to serve a new Park-n-Ride lot in Foster, located at St. Paul the Apostle[Read More…]

by — December 13, 2022 — 0 comments — Business
Providence Public Schools Respond To Providence Teachers Unions Social Media / Inaccurate Depicture Of School Closings/Teacher Layoffs

Providence Public Schools Respond To Providence Teachers Unions Social Media / Inaccurate Depicture Of School Closings/Teacher Layoffs

Providence Public School District Spokesperson Nicholas Domings spoke out this weekend about the growing controversy generated by Tweets from The Providence Public Teachers Union ….   From The Desk of Nicholas Domings, Spokesperson for Providence Public Schools: Maribeth Calabro and Jeremy Sencer have once again shown their true colors by running to social media to advance their own agenda of sewing turmoil,[Read More…]

by — December 13, 2022 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties, Politics, Urban
Caught In Providence! The Providence Driver’s License Restoration Program At Chief Judge Frank Caprio’s Providence Municipal Court!

Caught In Providence! The Providence Driver’s License Restoration Program At Chief Judge Frank Caprio’s Providence Municipal Court!

  Post Hearing Q&A   Mayor Jorge O. Elorza joined partners Jennifer L. Wood, Executive Director, R.I. Center for Justice, Nick Horton, Co-Executive Director, OpenDoors, Elsy Santana, Care Coordinator, OpenDoors & Bret Jacob, Providence Director of Recovery Programs and LGBTQIA+ Liaison from the Providence Driver’s License Restoration Program at a Chief Judge Frank Caprio‘s Providence Municipal Court hearing, as he[Read More…]

by — December 9, 2022 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
ACLU: CITING “SERIOUS LEGAL AND POLICY CONCERNS,” ACLU CALLS ON GOVERNOR TO RESCIND NOTICE KICKING PEOPLE OFF STATE HOUSE GROUNDS

ACLU: CITING “SERIOUS LEGAL AND POLICY CONCERNS,” ACLU CALLS ON GOVERNOR TO RESCIND NOTICE KICKING PEOPLE OFF STATE HOUSE GROUNDS

  From The Rhode Island Chapter of The American Civil Liberties Union: The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has called on Governor Daniel McKee to rescind a notice requiring all persons currently camping in front of the State House to vacate their property by 9 AM tomorrow or else face arrest.  In a letter emailed to the Governor this evening,[Read More…]

by — December 9, 2022 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
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