The Public's Radio and WBUR PartnershipThe Public’s Radio in Rhode Island and WBUR have a partnership in which the news organizations collaborate and share stories.Hisham Awartani joins Brown University students presenting divestment proposal to board membersHisham Awartani, a Palestinian-American-British student who was paralyzed after being shot in the spine while visiting family in Vermont last year, was among a select group of students presenting a...Local CoverageMay 28, 2024Outraged by Brown’s threats of discipline over protests, some professors call for reformBrown University's president has apologized after an administrator sent letters threatening discipline to professors who took part in a pro-Palestinian encampment on the Rhode Island campus. But some faculty members...EducationMay 21, 2024Student protesters, administrators at Brown University reach deal to clear encampmentPro-Palestinian activists agreed to clear the student-run encampment on the Main Campus Green at Brown University. In exchange, their school’s governing body has agreed to vote on a divestment measure...Local CoverageMay 1, 2024Brown University Board won’t vote on divestment amid student hunger strikeBrown University president Christina Paxson is continuing to decline to bring forward proposals to divest the school’s endowment from companies protesters say perpetuate and profit from “human rights abuses in...Local CoverageFeb 6, 2024Potential rebuild of key R.I. bridge could take two years, federal official saysOfficials are considering how to repair a key Rhode Island bridge that was abruptly shut down in December due to structural issues. If the westbound portion of the bridge needs...Local CoverageFeb 6, 2024AdvertisementJury finds Fall River cop guilty of covering up police station beatingNicholas M. Hoar, a policeman with a long record of violent incidents during his four years of active duty, including a fatal police shooting in 2017, was found guilty of...Local CoverageFeb 2, 2024Brown University looks to repatriate over 80 native remainsThe Haffenreffer Museum at Brown University wants to return the roughly 86 human remains in its collection to their rightful tribes of origin before transferring its full collection to Providence...Local CoverageJan 22, 2024Vineyard Wind jobs report offers look into offshore wind industry employmentA jobs report submitted to Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources digs into data provided by Vineyard Wind’s contractors and provides some of the clearest employment figures yet, offering a significant...EnvironmentDec 20, 2023Somerset approves tax cut to secure new offshore wind cable factoryA tax cut approved by a town meeting in Somerset Monday night clears the way locally for a project that politicians from Beacon Hill to the White House have heralded...EnvironmentNov 8, 2023Why are we seeing more black sea bass in Rhode Island and Massachusetts?A recent report shows that local landings of black sea bass are higher than ever before thanks in part to warming waters pushing the fish further north.Local CoverageAug 11, 2023Ex-Fall River cop sentenced to prison in police brutality caseFormer police officer Michael Pessoa will serve at least a year and a half in state prison after a jury convicted him of using excessive force and covering it up...Local CoverageJun 23, 2023Work resumes on Vineyard Wind after union protest causes six-day delayA picket by the International Longshoremen’s Association halted construction on America's first major offshore wind farm for nearly a week. The union accused the project’s developer, Vineyard Wind, of falling...Local CoverageJun 5, 2023New Bedford longshoremen’s union extends protest against offshore wind developerMembers of a New Bedford longshoremen’s union are protesting over hiring decisions related to construction of the nation’s first major offshore wind farm.Local CoverageMay 31, 2023New Bedford houses one of the oldest jails in the country. A new sheriff wants to close itA former sheriff described the conditions at the jail "Dickensian" and groups have frequently called for its closure. Last week, just 15 days into his new role as Bristol County...Local CoverageJan 25, 2023Family plans to sue Fall River police for fatal shooting of Anthony HardenA letter Harden’s family sent to Fall River officials on Thursday questions the credibility of the police narrative of the shooting, calling attention to the “extremely suspicious” location of a...Local CoverageJan 20, 2023Falsification charges against Fall River cop prompt calls to reinvestigate his pastThe family of Larry Ruiz-Barreto wants the FBI to reinvestigate the police shooting that killed the 19-year-old after the officer involved was recently charged with filing false reports in another...ResumeLocal Coverage07:06Jan 19, 2023Group interrupts book reading in Providence with Nazi imageryThe Red Ink Community Library — a nonprofit library, reading room and organizing space in Providence’s Mt. Hope neighborhood — said the group interrupted an event celebrating the 174th anniversary...Local CoverageFeb 22, 2022Biden to send military personnel to help hospitals in Rhode Island as COVID-19 cases surgeStarting next week, 1,000 military medical personnel will begin arriving to help mitigate staffing crunches at hospitals across the country, including Rhode Island. HealthJan 13, 2022A Last Defense For Thousands Facing Eviction In R.I. And Mass. Will Expire This WeekendThe federal moratorium on evictions expires July 31, exposing thousands of families in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to removal from their homes after they fell behind on rent during the...Local CoverageJul 30, 2021Domestic Violence Advocates Describe Increased Demand For Support Services During PandemicRhode Island saw a surge in calls to domestic violence helplines in 2020, as people were directed to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As much of the...ResumeLocal Coverage05:11May 14, 2021Next Page
Hisham Awartani joins Brown University students presenting divestment proposal to board membersHisham Awartani, a Palestinian-American-British student who was paralyzed after being shot in the spine while visiting family in Vermont last year, was among a select group of students presenting a...Local CoverageMay 28, 2024
Outraged by Brown’s threats of discipline over protests, some professors call for reformBrown University's president has apologized after an administrator sent letters threatening discipline to professors who took part in a pro-Palestinian encampment on the Rhode Island campus. But some faculty members...EducationMay 21, 2024
Student protesters, administrators at Brown University reach deal to clear encampmentPro-Palestinian activists agreed to clear the student-run encampment on the Main Campus Green at Brown University. In exchange, their school’s governing body has agreed to vote on a divestment measure...Local CoverageMay 1, 2024
Brown University Board won’t vote on divestment amid student hunger strikeBrown University president Christina Paxson is continuing to decline to bring forward proposals to divest the school’s endowment from companies protesters say perpetuate and profit from “human rights abuses in...Local CoverageFeb 6, 2024
Potential rebuild of key R.I. bridge could take two years, federal official saysOfficials are considering how to repair a key Rhode Island bridge that was abruptly shut down in December due to structural issues. If the westbound portion of the bridge needs...Local CoverageFeb 6, 2024
Jury finds Fall River cop guilty of covering up police station beatingNicholas M. Hoar, a policeman with a long record of violent incidents during his four years of active duty, including a fatal police shooting in 2017, was found guilty of...Local CoverageFeb 2, 2024
Brown University looks to repatriate over 80 native remainsThe Haffenreffer Museum at Brown University wants to return the roughly 86 human remains in its collection to their rightful tribes of origin before transferring its full collection to Providence...Local CoverageJan 22, 2024
Vineyard Wind jobs report offers look into offshore wind industry employmentA jobs report submitted to Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources digs into data provided by Vineyard Wind’s contractors and provides some of the clearest employment figures yet, offering a significant...EnvironmentDec 20, 2023
Somerset approves tax cut to secure new offshore wind cable factoryA tax cut approved by a town meeting in Somerset Monday night clears the way locally for a project that politicians from Beacon Hill to the White House have heralded...EnvironmentNov 8, 2023
Why are we seeing more black sea bass in Rhode Island and Massachusetts?A recent report shows that local landings of black sea bass are higher than ever before thanks in part to warming waters pushing the fish further north.Local CoverageAug 11, 2023
Ex-Fall River cop sentenced to prison in police brutality caseFormer police officer Michael Pessoa will serve at least a year and a half in state prison after a jury convicted him of using excessive force and covering it up...Local CoverageJun 23, 2023
Work resumes on Vineyard Wind after union protest causes six-day delayA picket by the International Longshoremen’s Association halted construction on America's first major offshore wind farm for nearly a week. The union accused the project’s developer, Vineyard Wind, of falling...Local CoverageJun 5, 2023
New Bedford longshoremen’s union extends protest against offshore wind developerMembers of a New Bedford longshoremen’s union are protesting over hiring decisions related to construction of the nation’s first major offshore wind farm.Local CoverageMay 31, 2023
New Bedford houses one of the oldest jails in the country. A new sheriff wants to close itA former sheriff described the conditions at the jail "Dickensian" and groups have frequently called for its closure. Last week, just 15 days into his new role as Bristol County...Local CoverageJan 25, 2023
Family plans to sue Fall River police for fatal shooting of Anthony HardenA letter Harden’s family sent to Fall River officials on Thursday questions the credibility of the police narrative of the shooting, calling attention to the “extremely suspicious” location of a...Local CoverageJan 20, 2023
Falsification charges against Fall River cop prompt calls to reinvestigate his pastThe family of Larry Ruiz-Barreto wants the FBI to reinvestigate the police shooting that killed the 19-year-old after the officer involved was recently charged with filing false reports in another...ResumeLocal Coverage07:06Jan 19, 2023
Group interrupts book reading in Providence with Nazi imageryThe Red Ink Community Library — a nonprofit library, reading room and organizing space in Providence’s Mt. Hope neighborhood — said the group interrupted an event celebrating the 174th anniversary...Local CoverageFeb 22, 2022
Biden to send military personnel to help hospitals in Rhode Island as COVID-19 cases surgeStarting next week, 1,000 military medical personnel will begin arriving to help mitigate staffing crunches at hospitals across the country, including Rhode Island. HealthJan 13, 2022
A Last Defense For Thousands Facing Eviction In R.I. And Mass. Will Expire This WeekendThe federal moratorium on evictions expires July 31, exposing thousands of families in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to removal from their homes after they fell behind on rent during the...Local CoverageJul 30, 2021
Domestic Violence Advocates Describe Increased Demand For Support Services During PandemicRhode Island saw a surge in calls to domestic violence helplines in 2020, as people were directed to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As much of the...ResumeLocal Coverage05:11May 14, 2021