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Mayor Smiley Awards $200,000 to Local Arts, Cultural Organizations

ARPA funding awarded to local artists struggling to recover from economic impacts of pandemic PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Brett P. Smiley and Director of Art, Culture, Tourism Joe Wilson Jr. today announced the following organizations as the grantees for the Special Events Nonprofit Arts and Cultural Sector funding through the American Rescue Plan Act: WaterFire Providence, […]Read More

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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Ken Bredemeier The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday decisively struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions, ruling that consideration of a student’s race to help decide who is admitted to the halls of higher learning was unconstitutional. In a 6-3 ruling, the court’s conservative majority specifically overturned admission plans at Harvard University […]Read More

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Woonsocket Signs Learn365RI Municipal Compact, Commits to Increasing Out-of-School Learning

WOONSOCKET, RI- Yesterday, Governor Dan McKee and Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt today signed the Learn365RI Municipal Compact. “Woonsocket has already hit the ground running to provide expanded out-of-school learning opportunities for their students. Today, I’m proud that the City has officially joined 16 other communities in signing our Learn365RI Municipal Compact,” said Governor McKee. “I thank Mayor Baldelli-Hunt […]Read More

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Middletown man sentenced to serve 10 years in state prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Middletown man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 10 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for assaulting his former girlfriend and breaking into her home in Cumberland in 2021. On June 19, 2023, Robert Leeming (age 47) entered a plea […]Read More