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Activists are spreading misinformation about whale deaths to obstruct clean energy
policies, researchers find
A web of anti-offshore wind organizations are spreading misinformation about whale deaths, researchers say.

RI NEWS

R.I. couple taken to hospital after single-engine plane crashes into Narragansett Bay
Authorities received a 911 call at 2:51 p.m. reporting that a plane had crashed about a half-mile off the coast of Quonset.

INNOVATOR Q&A

‘We need to build up’: Leader of Roger Williams real estate

school says R.I. could build smarter to balance environmental
and housing needs
Richard Godfrey is the executive director of the Roger Williams University
Cummings Institute for Real Estate.

RI CRIME

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RI POLITICS

Governor McKee’s administration opposing access to public

records legislation
A wide variety of agencies have filed objections to sections of the bill that
came before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday evening.

FORECAST | DAVE EPSTEIN

Calm Monday as an ‘intense’ storm gears up, bringing rain and

maybe snow our way midweek
Flooding of rivers and streams will again be a concern with these next
rounds of heavy precipitation — the first major weather event of April.

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The device debate: Fed up, some schools are banning cellphones
Smartphone bans are taking off across the country, and in Rhode Island they are so far being hailed as a success. But not everyone is on board.

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🏒 Providence is a hockey town this weekend

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Warwick police identify man who killed his 4-year-old son and himself, as city mourns

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Advocates unveil bills to create R.I. public housing developer and land bank

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‘We need to build up’: Leader of Roger Williams real estate school says R.I. could build smarter to balance environmental and housing needs

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R.I.’s Lighthouse Inn is getting knocked down at last

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Crews still working to restore power to hundreds in Maine after ice storm crushed power grid

STEPH MACHADO

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Locking up cellpones was key move at Central Fall High School

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Globe’s Steph Machado discusses her RI PBS Weekly report on the debate over banning cellphones in schools.
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THINGS TO DO

Best things to do in Rhode Island: March 29-April 5

This week: Egg hunts and Easter bunnies, Narragansett’s Spring Restaurant Week, the annual Rhode Island Home Show, old-fashioned barn dance, and
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2. Calm Monday as an ‘intense’ storm gears up, bringing rain and maybe snow our way midweek

3. Biden starts to get personal with Trump, hitting him with barbs about his legal troubles and his weight

4. Is the future of downtown housing or offices? The fate of one corner of Bromfield Street could hold the answer.

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COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

‘It has created a life for me’: A Rhode Island TikTok star worries
about the fate of the popular app
Ian Brownhill has gone from being a struggling actor to a well-paid social media content creator in the past
four years.

RI NEWS

NAACP Providence president draws challenger following

criminal conviction
La’Juan Allen will challenge Gerard Catala, the current president, as the organization faces internal turmoil.

INFRASTRUCTURE

How the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore differs from R.I.’s

Washington Bridge shutdown
Will the rebuilding of the bridge in Maryland mean less attention and fewer resources for the bridge in Rhode
Island? Governor McKee’s administration has downplayed that possibility.

RI REPORT + RI PBS

Podcast: Locking up cellphones was key move at Central Falls

High School
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Globe’s Steph Machado discusses her RI PBS Weekly report on the
debate over banning cellphones in schools.

RI NEWS

Missing R.I. teenager found dead near Newport airport

Owen Cameron, 17, was last seen leaving his job at Anthony’s Seafood in Middletown, R.I.

RHODE MAP

A mayoral race in Governor McKee’s backyard

Bradford S. Dean, CEO of Dean Warehouse Services, has opened a campaign account to run for mayor of
Cumberland as an unaffiliated candidate.

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