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Gina Raimondo isn’t here to talk about the past. But the failed hospital merger and the Providence school takeover should haunt her.

Raimondo will be greeted warmly when she speaks at Brown, but there are crucial parts of her legacy as governor that have fallen off the rails: the merger of two hospital systems and the state takeover of Providence schools.

Supreme Judicial Court upholds gun conviction of Fall River man seen on video brandishing a gun

The state Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday upheld the gun conviction of a Fall River man who was seen on video brandishing a firearm with an extended magazine, rejecting his argument that evidence seized in the case should’ve been tossed as “fruits of a warrantless search,” legal filings show.

Cox Communications commits $120 million for broadband in Rhode Island

The investment, which will be distributed over the next three years, and more than $20 million of the funds will be directed to Aquidneck Island alone.

An important day for Providence’s pension plan

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza is back at the State House today, hat in hand, once again seeking support for his plan to shore up the city's ailing pension fund.

Maine students steer school bus to safety when driver collapses
Students steered a school bus in Topsham, Maine, to safety on Monday after the vehicle’s driver suffered a fatal medical event.

Man sentenced to seven years in federal prison for bank heist
A Boston man described by authorities as a serial bank robber received a seven-year federal prison sentence Monday for robbing a Concord bank in November 2020.

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RI BUSINESS
The "Superman Building," center, stands in downtown Providence, R.I., on March 27, 2013.

Rhode Island business news: March 2022

Regular updates from Rhode Island business leaders and industry experts.

RI politics
Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee delivers his State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Providence, R.I.

Rhode Island political news: March 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

North Kingstown High School basketball coach Aaron Thomas during a game. He has been accused of conducting inappropriate “body fat tests.”

New report shows former NKHS coach Aaron Thomas’ ‘fat tests’ left him ‘visibly aroused’

“This account illustrates the complete lack of oversight over the inappropriate conduct of Mr. Thomas,” an independent investigator wrote in his report, released late Monday.

Former Boston police clerk sentenced to 90 days in prison for nearly $30,000 in overtime fraud

Marilyn Golisano was sentenced in federal court Monday to 90 days in prison after an investigation found she collected nearly $30,000 in fraudulent overtime payments in 2017 and 2018, prosecutors said.

RI BUSINESS
Under a new program, people living in Rhode Island who get a new or leased battery or fuel cell vehicle could get up to $2,500 in rebates.

R.I. rolling out electric vehicle rebate program

Under the proposal, people who got a new or leased battery or fuel cell vehicle could get up to $2,500.

RI CRIME
Providence Police investigate a shooting on Carolina Avenue, late Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Providence, R.I.

Rhode Island crime news: March 2022

Regular updates from police and the Rhode Island courts.

TechBoston Academy employee charged with receiving sexual images from minor

An employee at a public school in Dorchester for grades six through 12 was arraigned Monday on charges that he requested and received “sexual images” from a minor, the Suffolk district attorney’s office said.

Aduhelm, a controversial Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen, is an example of an expensive drug that Medicare refused to cover for most people.

Medicare takes center stage in new push to hold down prescription drug prices

The finances of Medicare, which insures 62.7 million US residents age 65 and over, may be on a collision course with a fast-expanding biopharma industry that has built a business model around charging sky-high prices for innovative medicines.