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STORY OF THE WEEK: As Rhode Island edges closer to 2024, policy and politics are converging in a way that could influence the 2026 race for governor. Attorney General Peter Neronha, who is …
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12/6/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: At the ripe old age of 35, Gabe Amo has emerged as the bright new star among Rhode Island Democrats. While he will enter Congress as its most junior member, Amo seems poised to …
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11/16/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: RI Attorney General Peter acause of government transparency, often saying that the state’s public records law should be a floor and not a ceiling. So how transparent is …
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11/8/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The death of 18 people in a mass shooting last week in Maine – considered the safest state in the nation, based on FBI data (per WUSA9 TV) – shattered the belief that …
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11/1/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Organized labor has made a lot of headlines of late, what with strikes by writers in Hollywood and auto workers in Michigan. The common thread is how technology is extending the …
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10/25/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: In 1997, when Jack Reed first joined the U.S. Senate, the Cold War had ended and 9/11 had not yet happened. A quarter-century later, the world is a very different place, with a …
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10/19/23
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There were a total of 434 opioid overdose deaths in Rhode Island in the year 2022, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health.
The state has seen an increase in fatal overdose deaths …
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By JULIANA LEPORE for Ocean State Stories
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10/12/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: It’s an old political axiom: don’t help your opponent get a leg up in a campaign. That helps explain why CD1 Democrat Gabe Amo — who would have gone to the …
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10/11/23
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He just may be the most important Rhode Island political figure you don’t know.
When Democrat candidates up and down the ballot stick their toe in the water to figure out if they have a …
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9/28/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: If you were driving around North Providence, parts of Providence or other local communities during torrential downpours early last week, you may have felt like an extra in …
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9/21/23
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The current nationally divisive controversy over statues and monuments - - here in Rhode Island over Columbus and Commodore Esek Hopkins - - has forced me to confess that I took down Rhode …
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By PATRICK T. CONLEY
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9/21/23
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To the Editor,
It was disappointing to come home from vacation last week and read that the new mayor of Johnston, Joseph Polisena Jr., had decided to spend tens of thousands of extra taxpayer …
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Tom Ward, of Cumberland
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9/14/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK : Democratic primary voters had their say and now Gabe Amo is the new rising star in Rhode Island politics. While former state representative Aaron Regunberg was widely perceived as …
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9/14/23
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Former State Treasurer and Lt. Gov. Roger N. Begin: ‘Only when policymakers feel the impact of this broken system for their own families may there be reforms and funding to fix it.’
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By G. WAYNE MILLER
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8/31/23
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A beloved father, brother and grandfather is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
As the incurable disease moves him toward inevitable death, the stress on him and his devoted family becomes …
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By G. WAYNE MILLER
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8/24/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: After being dogged for weeks by the signature-gathering controversy, Sabina Matos’s campaign is ramping up its criticism of Aaron Regunberg, buoying the perception that he is …
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8/23/23
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She was waiting for a table at Smokey Bones on Route 2 in Warwick with her family, when a waitress ran up to her “freaking out” and excitedly hugging her. The waitress then bent …
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8/17/23
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, an entity within the World Health Organization) recently announced that aspartame, a sugar substitute used in about 6,000 products worldwide, is …
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By MELISSA WEINTRAUB
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8/17/23
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Rather than the road to hell being paved with good intentions, I suggest that the road to hell is paved with unexamined assumptions. In the case of RI Energy/PPL's proposal before the RI Public …
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By SHEILA RESSEGER, MA
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8/17/23
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The crisis affecting Rhode Island’s nursing homes continues to escalate, yet there is no response from State leaders. Within the last couple of months, one nursing home has closed, three …
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By MATTHEW R. TRIMBLE
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8/17/23
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