The owners of four Rhode Island lead-contaminated properties have agreed to fix the problems and pay fines that combined total more than $700,00 in value, the state attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.… MORE
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Top Rhode Island officials call for ban on assault weapons
Rhode Island’s Democratic governor and top officials urged the state legislature Tuesday to pass a bill banning assault weapons.… MORE
Officials: Estimated 100,000 hens died in Connecticut fire
An estimated 100,000 hens died in a weekend fire at a Connecticut farm owned by one of the country’s largest egg producers, Connecticut officials confirmed Monday. It’s one of several such fires that have killed millions of chickens around the country over the past decade.… MORE
Man charged with killing mom at sea seeks grand jury minutes
The man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England is asking for minutes from the grand jury proceeding that led to his indictment, seeking to learn what was disclosed about his grandfather’s death three years earlier.… MORE
Massachusetts abortion hotline now offers free legal advice
Massachusetts launched a hotline Monday offering free legal advice to people seeking abortions in the state, as well as their health care providers and helpers — joining several other states in a move spurred by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade last summer, which has led to increasingly restrictive abortion laws in other states.… MORE
Toymaker Hasbro laying off 1,000 to cut costs
Toymaker Hasbro said Thursday it is cutting about 1,000 jobs as part of moves announced last year to save up to $300 million annually by 2025.… MORE
Whitehouse now chairs Senate Budget Committee
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is the new chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget, one of three Senate committees dealing with federal spending.… MORE
Rhode Island officer acquitted in shooting of teenager
A Rhode Island police officer who was off duty and out of uniform when he shot the 18-year-old driver of a car he had witnessed speeding past him on the highway was acquitted by a jury Thursday of several charges.… MORE
Rhode Island prepares for winter
After the first snowfall of the year Monday dropped up to four inches of snow in parts of Northern Rhode Island, state officials advised motorists about preparations for winter weather, saying motorists should drive accordingly.… MORE
Commuter rail and bus hub opens in Pawtucket
A long-awaited new commuter rail station opened Monday on the Pawtucket – Central Falls border, linking commuter rail service from Boston and RIPTA buses serving Rhode Island.… MORE
