Like states across the country, Rhode Island is contending with a drug addiction and overdose crisis largely attributable to fentanyl, an especially potent synthetic opioid with often deadly consequences when misused.
James Langevin, who retired in January from a public service career in Congress after representing Rhode Island’s second district in the U.S. House of Representatives for 11 terms, has been appointed a senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
Parks was named the LEC Field Athlete of the Week after winning the shot put (12.35m) and weight throw (14.88m) at Plymouth State’s Panther Invitational Saturday.
Nine months ago, James Payne reached a breaking point. For nearly two years, he averaged 60- to 90-hour work weeks as a convenience store manager, routinely filling shifts left empty by staff shortages or covering sick calls from the store's associates
City Council Committee Leaders ElectedCouncil Committees on Public Works, Ordinances, Claims & Pending Suits, State Legislative Affairs and City Property convened tonight to elect committee chairmen