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RI Officials Weigh In on CNBC Ranking: RI Is 5th Worst State for Business
CNBC's annual ranking of the Top States for Business was released on Thursday, and it was another bad year for Rhode Island.
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R.I. homelessness is down, but more people are out in the cold? New data says it’s true.
Advertisement -by Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current July 10, 2025 For the first time in half a dozen years, the number ...
After 13 months homeless, a R.I. writer finds ‘sanctuary’ thanks to 3,300 strangers
Playwright Dan O’Brien was inspired by Patrick Fealey’s first-person account of homelessness in Esquire magazine, and he is ...
Sextortion, mold and raw sewage: Tenants file RICO lawsuit against RI landlord. What it says.
A Rhode Island landlord is the target of a RICO lawsuit filed by 12 current and former tenants and Reclaim RI.
Nantucket’s Workers Are Living on the Margins
Teachers, police officers, firefighters and other workers live in overcrowded and substandard housing, or even in their cars ...
Rhode Island Realtors say ‘Taylor Swift Tax’ to cost rich residents thousands more a year — why it’s an issue
Rhode Island’s budget plan targets high-end vacation homes — with a proposal nicknamed after a pop star grabbing headlines. One of the proposals would add a new surcharge on second homes worth more ...
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A pledge to continue advocating for RI’s children
This legislative session will be remembered for hard work, thoughtful deliberation and collaboration that made possible many improvements for the people of Rhode Island. Faced with a budget shortfall ...
How an amendment, a lobbyist and a phone call led to big drama over a new self-storage law
An amendment to a self-storage bill passed against the wishes of GA leadership. Then, the political intrigue began.