Edward Fitzpatrick

Governor McKee selects a doctor who has served on the Barrington Harbor Commission. Save the Bay says it highlights need to replace the volunteer council with a state agency run by experts.

Dr. Rasha Alawieh works at Brown Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, and she had secured an H-1B visa, her lawyer said.

Representative Samuel Azzinaro wants to boost the public records search fee from $15 to $25 per hour. Advocates of an Access to Public Records Act overhaul say the bill “goes in precisely the wrong direction.”

On the RI Report podcast, former Congressman Langevin details how a new Rhode Island College institute is educating future cybersecurity experts.

US Senator Jack Reed described the judge as “a legal legend” and “a man of great wisdom, integrity, modesty, wit, and high ethical standards.”

Congressman Seth Magaziner called the disruption of federal funding under the Trump administration “dangerous and totally unacceptable.”

“The foods we make are not a ‘nice to have,’” CEO Navyn Salem said. “They are like penicillin for malnourished children around the world.”

The Trump administration is targeting an aid agency that funds customers of Maternova, which makes and distributes medical supplies for women and infants worldwide.

Senate leaders renew push on reimbursement rates for primary care doctors, saying many patients can’t find a doctor.

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Mario Monteiro talks about the 2021 R.I. law that gives youthful offenders a chance at parole after serving 20 years.