Using social science to find out what Rhode Island citizens know about microplastics in the Narragansett Bay, three women at the University of Rhode Island relaunched a marine debris survey in summer 2024. The experiment began in 2020 and was run by Coastal Institute Senior Fellow Seray Ergene and marine affairs professor Tracey Dalton. Ergene…
After a three-hour public hearing regarding Boon Street Market’s model of business, the Narragansett Town Council voted unanimously to approve the renewal of their liquor license on Monday. The approved motion included restrictions that require live music to end at 9 p.m., indoor music to end at 11 p.m. and that the current liquor license…
Plans to add a Kingston Station mobility hub were announced on Thursday, Nov. 14, which would include public amenities, increased access to public transportation, with additional plans to nearly double parking spaces at the Kingston Railroad Station. The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority defines mobility hubs as “transit sites that bring together multiple travel modes…
The Rhode Island Coalition for Arts & Preservation launched its campaign for voter approval of a $10 million bond that state lawmakers placed on the 2024 state ballot to fund state arts and culture. If passed, the funds will be used to match grants from the Cultural Arts and the Economy Grant Program administered by…
Green economy ballot question calls for sustainable infrastructure, land conservation Rhode Island has a $53 million green economy bond on the ballot for the 2024 election, listed as Question 4, that will provide funding to nine different sectors within environmental development and sustainability. The largest allocation of funding is to the Port of Davisville. The…
Question 3 on the 2024 Rhode Island ballot asks voters to approve a $120 million housing bond, which is the largest proposed housing bond in Rhode Island history. The bond is split into six sections: $80 million for affordable housing, $10 million for acquisition and revitalization, $20 million for homeownership, $5 million for site acquisition,…
On Tuesday, Rhode Island will choose whether to approve or reject a higher education bond that would give $160.5 million to the state’s higher education institutions, including the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College. URI would receive $87.5 million to build a new biomedical sciences building, which would reside alongside Flagg Road. Rhode…
Question 1 on the 2024 Rhode Island ballot asked voters to either approve or reject holding a constitutional convention, which would open up Rhode Island’s state constitution for revisions and amendments. In every year ending with a four, this convention question appears on the ballot. Upon an approval from voters, a special off-year election would…
Students at the University of Rhode Island ran out from their dorms to watch the northern lights ranging from pink to green over the United States on Thursday, Oct. 17. Aurora borealis have been seen before in areas like the Northeast and as south as Alabama, but it is more unusual, according to URI extreme…
The Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County is holding the annual Silent Witness March for domestic assault awareness month in Wakefield, Rhode Island on Thursday, Oct. 3. Keith Labelle, who works in education, outreach and training as a Title IX deputy coordinator, created the Bystander Intervention Program at the University of Rhode Island. The…