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You don’t hear a lot about growing local news operations these days, but that's what's happening here.
RI SPORTS
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Brown University scoops up University of Pennsylvania’s head of athletics
M. Grace Calhoun, a former varsity student-athlete who graduated from Brown in 1992, will become Brown’s vice president of athletics and recreation in April.
RI POLITICS
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Dan McKee’s ascension is a game changer for Rhode Island’s 2022 governor’s race
As lieutenant governor, he had been lagging behind Democratic rivals in fund-raising and visibility. As the incumbent governor, things may be different.
RI BUSINESS
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South County Health president voices concerns over Lifespan-Care New England merger
"We believe any 80 percent market provider could have negative impacts on smaller health systems within that same market,” he said.
RI CRIME
Four men face federal charges in counterfeit check scheme using homeless people to commit fraud
Bad checks were cashed in banks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine.
RI BUSINESS
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R.I. restaurants to allow up to 66 percent capacity starting Friday
The businesses have been at 50 percent capacity since former Governor Gina Raimondo’s three-week “pause” on the economy was lifted in late December.
RI BUSINESS
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Ballys: R.I. COVID-19 business restrictions had negative impact on Q4
Former Governor Raimondo’s three-week pause period, which shut down the company’s two Rhode Island casinos, hurt the company’s final quarter.
POLITICS
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Raimondo: ‘We need to go fast and we need to go big’ to expand broadband in US
Newly confirmed US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Thursday the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted significant gaps in broadband Internet access across the country, and vowed to take a “bold” approach to expand that service.