High inflation rates and increased costs of living affect the young and some people in higher education
‘Be sure to vote in all your local, state, and federal elections, and consider the positions of candidates on...
New task force to create road map for AI usage in Rhode Island
Two dozen public and private sector leaders have a year to explore how to leverage AI as a tool...
Moving beyond disease-specific approach, Health Equity Zones give Rhode Islanders opportunity to improve quality of life
‘The value of HEZs is undeniably proven… We hope to be the ripple that makes that change. It’s intentional...
Rhode Island’s children are doing OK, but not as well as kids in much of New England
‘We should not be satisfied… We know we have further to go’ This story was originally published in Rhode...
Q & A with Aquidneck Community Table executive director Rose Jones
Congratulations, Rose, on recently starting your new position as Executive Director of Aquidneck Community Table. We’ll get to that...
Q & A with Pawtucket State Rep. Jennifer Stewart
Welcome, Jennifer, to the Ocean State Stories Q & A forum. You are a state representative from District 59,...
Q & A with Neil D. Steinberg
Neil, you retired last May as the longtime president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, when the baton...
Gray Matters: A Conversation With Rhode Island’s Environmental Director
Originally published by ecoRI News, a nonprofit newsroom covering environmental news in Rhode Island. Read more at ecoRI.org This...
Donating and reselling old clothes is getting more rough-and-tumble as older charities and newer for-profits compete for used clothing
PAWTUCKET — English immigrant Samuel Slater helped launch the Industrial Revolution in America by memorizing the secret design of...
Fewer quahogs, what’s the catch?
Scientists talk about source of nitrogen, water acidification at commission meeting This story originally was published in the Warwick...
Ocean State Stories gana la plata en la competencia internacional Anthem Awards
Honor se produce cuando un medio de comunicación sin fines de lucro con sede en el Centro Pell de...
Ocean State Stories wins Silver in international Anthem Awards competition
Honor comes as non-profit media outlet based at Salve Regina University’s Pell Center marks first year of publication NEWPORT...
‘Forever chemicals’ in water, air, and soil threaten health of Rhode Islanders
‘The presence of toxic chemicals in the environment poses significant health and ecological concerns’ PROVIDENCE — In May 2023,...