Burrillville parents, school board members, question mask mandate amid heat wave
BURRILLVILLE – Noting that 68 percent of parents report impairments in their children due to wearing masks that include everything from fatigue to joylessness in a survey on the issue, a group is calling...
Around the valley: No change to gas tax, Senate bills address LGBTQ rights
Senate advances bills protecting LGBTQ rights
The Senate has recently passed several bills aimed at preventing discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. The bills strengthen protections in housing discrimination law, expand civil action protections against discrimination,...
Budget board proposes level funding for N.S. schools
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Noting that the North Smithfield School Department has or will receive $2.46 million in COVID-19-related assistance from the federal government this year, members of the budget board have proposed a fiscal...
Senate committee endorses Charest to head BHDDH; de la Cruz dissents with full vote...
PROVIDENCE – The Senate Committee on Health & Human Services endorsed Gov. Dan McKee's pick for a new director of Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Development Disabilities and Hospitals this week, in a 7-2 vote.
Former...
In-person council meetings to resume next week in No. Smithfield, Burrillville aiming for late...
NORTH SMITHFIELD – For the past 14 months, "participation," in local government came with a long list of challenges, from computer glitches, background noise and poor sound quality, to an impersonal feel that may...
New committee will look at need for senior housing in Burrillville
BURRILLVILLE – Members of the Town Council voted unanimously last week to form a new advisory committee to look at the possible need for establishing more senior and handicap housing in Burrillville.
The effort was...
Senate passes Murray bill limiting insulin copays
STATE HOUSE – The state Senate has approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Melissa Murray to limit insured patients’ copays for insulin used to treat diabetes to $40 for a 30-day supply.
“Insulin is both very...
