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On Wednesday, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and the Rhode Island Department of Education reached a deal on how much the City must increase funding for the Providence Public School District. The deal still needs to be formalized in writing. The parties expect to announce the details of the agreement ...
The United States Department of Justice and Providence Public School District entered into a new settlement agreement regarding services for multilingual learners on Wednesday.
Two new rulings by the Rhode Island Superior Court mean that the city will be required to provide additional funding to the Providence Public School District. The rulings follow a case brought by the city against the state Department of Education.
As Rhode Islanders headed to the polls to vote in the 2024 presidential election, The Herald visited three poll locations in Providence and spoke to voters and poll workers.
Since President Joe Biden took office in 2020, Rhode Island has received millions of dollars in federal funding for environmental programs and initiatives. But the state’s congressional delegation says those dollars could be at risk if former President Donald Trump is elected this week.
Ten candidates shared their perspectives on the ongoing school choice debate.
On Tuesday, 60 community members gathered for a student-organized forum of candidates for Providence’s school board to answer questions on their campaigns. Students said the purpose of the forum was to remedy a lack of outreach from candidates.
Early Tuesday morning, members of Jews for Ceasefire Now were threatened with conduct violations by the Department of Public Safety for sleeping in a temporary structure that they had built to celebrate the week-long Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
A proposed amendment to the City’s draft Comprehensive Plan, a ten-year guide for urban planning and development, could make Providence the first East Coast city to effectively ban the development of new gas stations.
On Tuesday, Rhode Island’s largest hospital system, Lifespan, was officially renamed Brown University Health. The change comes as part of expanded affiliation agreements and a multi-million dollar annual investment from Brown.
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