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It is with an unbearably heavy heart that I write the following words: On Sept. 4, our nation experienced the 45th school shooting this year, with four dead and nine hospitalized. So far …
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By MARGARET HOLLAND MCDUFF
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9/11/24
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When Annie Smith Peck ascended the Matterhorn on June 11, 1895, the world was up in arms. She wasn't the first woman to have climbed the famed peak. That honor was given to Englishwoman Lucy Walker …
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By RUSSELL DeSIMONE
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9/4/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK : With the end of the Democratic National Convention, the stage is now set for a sprint to the high-stakes November election. Rhode Island’s delegation, like other Democrats …
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8/29/24
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Access to reliable and affordable high-speed internet is no longer a luxury; it’s a modern-day necessity. It’s critical not only for economic development, but also for educational …
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By ELIZABETH TANNER
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8/28/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK : “Money, it’s a gas,” goes the song by Pink Floyd. “Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.” The tune encompasses the central quality of …
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8/21/24
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By now you’ve heard the news that Rhode Island Energy (RIE) is part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) family of companies and transitioning from National Grid. You’re probably wondering …
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By GREG CORNETT
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8/14/24
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By JUDGE PAUL MICHEL
The Biden administration is quietly advancing a proposal that could devastate America’s high-tech economy.
The proposal functionally rewrites a 1980 law known as …
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By JUDGE PAUL MICHEL
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8/7/24
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Dear Students, Parents, Staff, and Community Members,
As the school year has come to a close and we are now well into the summer, I want to reflect on the past school year. It was a year of …
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7/31/24
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It would be challenging to list the highlights of Doris Brennan Weir’s athletic career without omitting some accomplishment, title or record. She was simply among the finest female swimmers in …
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By KEN DOOLEY Special to the Herald
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7/24/24
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Though there is a broad spectrum of opinions in this presidential election, polls indicate that many voters wish they had different candidates to choose from.
Their dilemma highlights …
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By DANTE DIWAN
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7/17/24
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Yesterday, Governor Dan McKee allowed to become law without his signature a bill that gives magistrates in the Rhode Island Family Court the statutory authority to conduct trials in contested divorce …
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By Common Cause Rhode Island
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7/10/24
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It started with no handshake between two candidates who don’t like each other. When the inevitable question came about the candidates' advanced age and why they didn’t think it was an …
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By KEN BLOCK
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7/3/24
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Usually after a debate ends, a new debate begins as to who won it, or whether it will affect the election. Instead, the debate swirling after this recent Biden-Trump debate is over whether Biden …
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By STEVE FRIAS
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7/3/24
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Dear Friends and Neighbors of Cranston,
Today, I am announcing a decision that has weighed heavily on my heart. After much reflection and prayer, I have decided not to seek re-election as your …
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7/3/24
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The Fourth of July will soon be upon us… Hopefully, a time for a sunny day with picnics or barbeques in the back yard or a day at the beach, followed by fireworks at night.
But it is not …
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6/26/24
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There is landmark legislation currently pending before the General Assembly that seeks to provide something most Rhode Islanders thought they already had: a remedy for violations of their state …
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By RICHARD SINAPI
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6/12/24
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Last Tuesday, June 4, the RI House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a bill (H 7165A) that’s a step toward decriminalizing prostitution.
Lobbyists for decriminalized prostitution have …
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By DONNA M. HUGHES
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6/6/24
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“We are not meeting our shared obligation to some of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable children,” we wrote in 2021, in an opinion piece intended to highlight the urgent need to improve …
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By RI State Senators Sandra Cano,
Alana DiMario, Louis DiPalma,
Valarie Lawson & Joshua Miller
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5/29/24
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No state program poses a greater fiscal challenge to Rhode Island than its Medicaid program, which provides indispensable healthcare services to over one in three Rhode Islanders, including our most …
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By MICHAEL DIBIASE
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5/8/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Pro-Palestinian protests at Brown University came to a peaceful end last week – a contrast to the mass arrests and disorder seen on many campuses across the country. Isabella …
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5/8/24
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