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WEB4 days ago · Renters at Risk. Lead paint was banned in the U.S. in 1978. But hundreds of Rhode Island children are still poisoned by it every year. An investigation by the Public’s Radio found landlords rarely face consequences for failing to comply with state laws meant to protect children from exposure.
Arrest of Fall River cop raises questions about a fatal police …
WEBJan 18, 2023 · In November, Fall River police officer Nicholas Hoar appeared in federal court to deny charges of filing false reports that allegedly covered up a beating he gave to a suspect outside the city’s police station.
Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Feb. 23, 2024
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · We will lose our minds …. Ian Donnis can be reached at idonnis@thepublicsradio.org. Tagged: Gannett media Sheldon Whitehouse Washington Bridge. Ian Donnis Political Reporter. idonnis@ripr.org. One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999 ...
The Last Jewish Bakery In Rhode Island - Explore TPR
WEBJan 8, 2020 · NUNES: In 1917, ten years after immigrating from Russia, Abraham Kaplan opens Kaplan’s bakery on Black Street in Providence. The street no longer exists, but the synagogue, Sons of Jacob, still stands across the street in what was once a deeply Jewish immigrant neighborhood.
Ian Donnis’ politics/media roundup for August 27, 2021 - The …
WEBAug 27, 2021 · Ian Donnis Political Reporter. idonnis@ripr.org. One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just …
Who Killed Amasa Sprague? - Explore TPR
WEBDec 11, 2020 · On January 1st, 1844, officials march into the Gordon store and arrest Nicholas and John Gordon. Nicholas for conspiracy to commit murder and John for the bloody murder of Amasa Sprague. SCOTT: They are indicted, with some fairly strong circumstantial evidence. GONZÁLEZ: This is Scott Molloy.
Immigration, Industrialization And The American Dream
WEBJan 15, 2020 · Americans often look back on the Industrial Revolution as a time of opportunity, when immigrants came to America with nothing and quickly climbed the economic ladder. But the truth is the 19th and early 20th Centuries were a hard time for many immigrants who faced discrimination and, often, tough odds. Ana González - The Public's Radio Ana ...
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WEBLynn Arditi. Lynn joined The Public’s Radio as health reporter in 2017 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 28 years at The Providence Journal. Her series “A 911 Emergency,” a project of the 2019 ProPublica Local Reporting Network, won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award in the radio/podcast category in 2020.
The Public’s Voice: the state of Rhode Island politics in 2021
WEBby Ian Donnis October 12, 2021. The Public’s Voice | 10.7.21 from Providence Athenaeum on Vimeo. Panelists include: RI House GOP Leader Blake Filippi (R-New Shoreham) first won election as a state representative in 2014. His district includes all of Block Island and Charlestown and parts of Westerly and South Kingstown.
Our Story - TPR: The Public's Radio
WEBour History. Originally launched as an outpost for WBUR in Boston in 1998, Rhode Island Public Radio (now dba as The Public’s Radio) became an independent, community-owned nonprofit in November of 2007. We are the only locally owned and operated public radio station in Rhode Island, dedicated to serving the state, as well as 400,000 people in ...
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