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Medical debt is a growing problem for Rhode Islanders. Relief may come from new laws and a debt forgiveness program.
Spending cuts feared by state officials − including cuts in federal Medicaid payments − do not become effective until 2028, ...
The Narrow River Preservation Association and John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge work to protect and maintain the river ...
Rhode Island officials just shared their new budget proposals, with one including what is being unofficially referred to as the “Taylor Swift tax.” ...
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NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Australian researchers have issued a final report on a decades-long search for a famous shipwreck believed to be off the coast of Rhode Island. Researchers confirmed the ...
Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.
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According to census data, the estimated population of Rosemount increased by 10.6% in one year, with a 2024 population of 30,581. It's a 19.2% increase from 2020, when the population was 25,650.
A coalition of Black leaders is urging the Census Bureau to improve how it counts the African-American population in the 2010 Census. Civil Rights leader including Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al ...
If the target population hit 70,000 people, that figure would increase to 33,654, he said. The average number of people in a household has shifted from 2.26 people to 2.08, according to census data.