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RI BUSINESS
Rhode Island’s ‘Conjuring’ house sold, with one stipulation: No one can live there year-round
The new owners paid $1.525 million for the Burrillville home — well above the $1.2 million asking price. "I came to visit and thought, ‘I have to have this house,'" Jacqueline Nuñez said.
RI POLITICS
R.I. shore access bill advances in House, but faces Senate inaction
If it became law, it would give people the rights to the shore so long as they’re below a line that’s 6 feet landward from the recognizable high tide line.
THINGS TO DO
Best things to do in R.I. this week: May 27-June 3
You’ll have the best times! This week: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at The Gamm, “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the drive in, “Jersey Boys” at PPAC, and more
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Personal experience prompted Felix to champion automatic expungements
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RI POLITICS
Workers call for banning smoking in R.I. casinos
Although the state banned smoking in most workplaces in 2014, the Lincoln and Tiverton casinos still have smoking areas.
RHODE MAP
R.I. will be the first in the nation to open a test-to-treat COVID-19 clinic
Residents will be able to take a COVID-19 test and immediately see a provider to determine if they’re eligible for a free prescription for Paxlovid.
PODCAST
Personal experience prompted Felix to champion automatic expungements
On Rhode Island Report podcast, the Pawtucket Democrat says she knows the consequences of having a criminal record and wanted to ensure the recreational marijuana bill included state-initiated expungement of past possession convictions.
COMMENTARY | Alan Krinsky
Rhode Island should use its budget surplus to reinvest in neglected programs
Instead of cutting taxes, a fiscal policy analyst says lawmakers should reverse spending cuts and support the programs and services that are vital to the well-being, safety, and economic security of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders.
Memorial Day
Remember the fallen: Thousands of boots on the ground for Memorial Day in Newport
The Operation Stand Down Rhode Island event at Fort Adams commemorates the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have died in service to the country, including 29 from Rhode Island.
COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN
Legal weed is nice. Now it’s time for Rhode Island to get serious about guns.
Public sentiment is almost never enough to force the hand of Senate and House leadership in Rhode Island. That should change on guns this year.
RI POLITICS
As Governor McKee signed the marijuana legalization bill into law, the lawmaker behind the bill called for gun reform
Senator Joshua Miller stepped to the podium to talk about the legislation that he and Representative Scott A. Slater had introduced, amended, and shepherded to passage. But then he went off script. “Stop the prayers,” Miller said. “Gun safety legislation needs action. It’s urgent, overdue, and more impactful.”
GUNS
Rhode Island governor urges support on gun laws
"Too many lives have been tragically cut short by senseless gun violence across our nation – we cannot allow this to continue,” McKee said