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If there’s anything certain about Rhode Island’s 2025 housing forecast, it’s that it’s impossible to predict. Certainly, we can’t look to national forecasts to draw upon. While most of the country is seeing housing supply grow, Rhode Island’s is shrinking...
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By CHRIS WITTEN
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1/23/25
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The Rhode Island House of Representatives officially opened its 2025 legislative session this month, and it’s shaping up to be a busy – and challenging – year. In the face of great …
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By K. JOSEPH SHEKARCHI
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1/22/25
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When a state law was enacted this year allowing families to install monitoring cameras in the nursing home rooms of their loved ones, Ginny Lee , one of Leadership Rhode Island’s first …
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By HERB WEISS
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1/22/25
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The old adage, “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me,” needs a little bit of updating in light of the recent RIBridges data breach that has exposed more than 600,000 …
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1/15/25
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With students returning to school after the winter break and we step into a new year, important topics of d iscussion have naturally followed us into 2025. One such topic is the r ole of school …
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By COL. BRADFORD E. CONNOR
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1/15/25
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Never before has there been such a need for an urgent response from our elected and government officials in Rhode Island concerning homelessness. Instead, the governor presented the homelessness …
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By KIMBERLY SIMMONS
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1/9/25
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The debacle surrounding Rhode Island’s Unified Health Infrastructure Project (UHIP), later rebranded as RIBridges, which is a custom computer system, has once again highlighted the failure of …
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By the Rhode Island House Minority Caucus
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1/9/25
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What does a senseless murder more than 30 years ago in Rockford, Illinois, have to do with recent events at the Toolmark Analysis/Firearms Identification Section of the Rhode Island State Crime …
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1/9/25
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Through the committed actions of Rhode Islanders, Narragansett Bay is cleaner and healthier today than it was in 1975. But as we turn the corner to 2025, Narragansett Bay faces persistent challenges …
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By Topher Hamblett and George W. Shuster Jr.
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12/31/24
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As we look forward to the new year, I’m grateful for the opportunity to share with readers just a few of my goals for 2025 in the City of Cranston. With support from our residents and my fellow …
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By Ken Hopkins, Mayor of the City of Cranston
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12/31/24
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As we look ahead to 2025, the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce (CRICC) is embracing a vision rooted in collaboration and connection. Across Warwick and Cranston, this means continuing great …
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By Lauren Slocum and Jennifer Wheelehon, Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce
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12/31/24
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Cranston Public Schools had a successful start to the school year. We are proud to have a Milken Award Winner at Glen Hills Elementary School announced in October. Maria Santonastaso is an …
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By Jeannine Nota-Masse, Cranston Public Schools superintendent
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12/31/24
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We face increased demands of family obligations planning for the holidays. Baking and cleaning to host dinner, and even unrealistic expectations about our families, or having a …
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By HERB WEISS
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11/28/24
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For some of us, the outcome of the recent elections came as a disappointment. I am among those who supported and worked for local and national candidates who would defend and sustain our democracy …
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a futuristic dream. It is here and it is going to transform every aspect of our society. The emergence of AI will greatly benefit our society as it will …
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By JUNKAI GONG
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11/20/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The conclusion of the 2024 election season offered a split-screen in Rhode Island. On one hand, General Assembly incumbents enjoyed almost complete success, with the Democratic …
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11/13/24
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In November, our country has much to be thankful for. While the election-year antics can sometimes serve to create the occasional disagreement, supporting our veterans has often served as a point of …
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By ROSS NELSON and DEB BURTON
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11/13/24
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By JASON CABRAL
It was just six years ago that The Gamm Theatre opened the doors to our new space on Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick. We have been grateful for the welcoming response from the …
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By JASON CABRAL
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10/30/24
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Rhode Island began as a “lively experiment,” but we must never tolerate becoming a laboratory for out-of-state extremist interests.
There is a provision in the Rhode Island …
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By K. JOSEPH SHEKARCHI
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10/30/24
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Rhode Island’s colleges and universities are at the leading edge of science and technology, addressing critical issues that shape our world every day.
At Rhode Island’s flagship …
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By MARC B. PARLANGE & JACK R. WARNER
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10/30/24
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