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Proposed ordinance grows from frustration over similar bills dying in R.I. House for four straight years.

PROVIDENCE - A Providence musician and founder of Community MusicWorks, a music education and performance organization, will be awarded $500,000 through a new philanthropic prize aimed at supporting music programs around the country.Sebastian Ruth, a Brown University graduate who founded Community MusicWorks in 1997, was named Tuesday as one of the winners of the prize, which will be awarded through the Lewis Prize for [...]

WOONSOCKET — A 14-year-old boy, with a 13-year-old girl in the car, led the Woonsocket police on a chase in a stolen car early Tuesday morning, according to the police.It started at about 1:20 a.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved President Trump's nomination of Peter Gaynor, the former director of Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency, to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency.The Senate in a 81-8 vote accepted the nomination of Gaynor, who has served as the acting administrator of FEMA since March 9.Trump tapped Gaynor in June [...]

A Rhode Island union local that represents 200 school bus drivers, monitors and aides has voted to authorize a strike against the New Jersey-based company that provides bus service for East Providence and Barrington, the union said Tuesday.“Nobody likes to hear the word strike,” said Matt Taibi, secretary-treasurer of Local 251 of the Teamsters Union.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A 19-year-old Burrillville man faces child pornography and other charges after a police investigation.Xavier Lafleur was arrested Friday on a number of felony charges related to exploiting children, police said.Lafleur faces charges of indecent solicitation of a child, manufacturing and publishing of child pornography, possession of child pornography, two counts of electronic dissemination of indecent material to minors, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and [...]

Good afternoon and welcome to This Just In. I'm Mike McDermott, managing editor of The Providence Journal. Gov. Gina Raimondo delivers her sixth State of the State address tonight, and we'll have coverage during and after the speech on providencejournal.com.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A 33-year-old Providence man was intercepted after stealing memorabilia, including a Tom Brady jersey from a locker room exhibit inside the Patriots Hall of Fame, according to the Foxboro police.The department reported the news in a post on its Facebook page under this title, "Police make interception on items stolen from Patriots Hall of Fame."Contacted by security at the stadium Thursday, police officers went to the stadium and, working with security guards, tracked down the [...]

WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts State Police trooper is facing charges for allegedly drunkenly exposing himself and punching a man in the face during a concert last summer.Police say 32-year-old Andrew Patterson masturbated in front of a woman and punched her boyfriend during a Luke Bryan show at Gillette Stadium in June.Patterson is charged with lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The Rhode Island State House art collection contains dozens of works, by many renowned painters, but with a somewhat limited subject matter focused on powerful men in dark suits.For a broader aesthetic, descend the marble stairs to the dimly lit basement where lobbyists and bureaucrats prowl on General Assembly nights and a new contemporary art exhibition is brightening the hallways.Called "ReSeeding the City: EthnoBotany in the Urban," the exhibition is the first in what is [...]