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Should more workers in RI be eligible for OT? What a new bill proposes
1+ week, 5+ day ago (614+ words) was estimated to benefit 4 million workers across the country. Then, in November 2024, a federal judge in Texas blocked the rule change for the whole country, reverting salaried workers back to the old threshold for overtime eligibility: earning...Potter, D-Cranston, wants…...
How RI's new financial system led to some paused Medicaid payments
2+ week, 4+ day ago (170+ words)The federal government has stopped making its quarterly payments to the state of Rhode Island to cover Medicaid administrative expenses because the state's new financial system is out of sync with the ... How RI's new financial system led…...
How this proposal would give money directly to Providence renters in need
2+ week, 2+ day ago (632+ words) and Councilman John Goncalves would put money into the hands of Providence renters who need it the most. Using the sale of two city-owned properties, thousands of...to people in need of emergency rental assistance. The proposal comes as an…...
How Trump's 'aggressive tactics' caused a surge in RI immigration cases
3+ week, 4+ day ago (94+ words) Part of the surge are waves of ICE arrests in Maine and Massachusetts that land detainees at Wyatt in Central Falls. How Trump's 'aggressive tactics' caused a...surge in immigration cases in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island since President Donald…...
Meet the Rhode Island Department of Transportation’s new interim director
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (397+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) " There's a new person in charge of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) after...Alviti would be stepping down and Robert Rocchio, the department's chief engineer for infrastructure,...director. Alviti faced extensive criticism since the abrupt closing…...
How this Providence program helped thousands of homeless people this winter
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1552+ words) those who don't have a place to be at night during the winter, and all throughout the year for that matter, if possible,said Kevin Simon,...Mathewson StreetUnited MethodistChurch. In order forthe churches to open as shelters, the "feels…...
DHS shutdown hurts families' access to detention facilities, Democrat says
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (953+ words) detention or finding out where they're located during the current Department of Homeland Security shutdown, a Texas Democrat says. The plight of families adds to the patchwork of complaints from Democratic lawmakers...attorneys about oversight and other issues while the…...
Rhode Island Congressman Parties 'Real Housewives' Style Amid Shutdown
23+ hour, 27+ min ago (102+ words) U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner takes the prize for most unique Congressional recess plans ... partying...with a bunch of 'Real Housewives,' despite the fact Congress has done nothing to end the shutdown and g... We got pics of the Congressman from Rhode Island…...
Skyrocketing fuel prices squeeze Rhode Island fishermen
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (635+ words) At the Port of Galilee in Narragansett, Tim Carroll of Seaside Fuel has been getting an earful from the crews of the large fishing vessels he fills up on the docks. "Every day," Carroll says. "Everyone I talk to. Every…...
Here’s why one Providence city councilor is voting for rent stabilization
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (749+ words) together, we've changed together. After 12 years on the City Council, I'm preparing to step away. As I do,...means to fight for it. In these halls, I've been at the center of some of our city's biggest fights: demanding...their…...