Source: Providence Journal / George E. Rooney
Table of Contents
Education
ProJo: Ban on students’ texting proposed
ProJo: Before Ahlquist, it was Ellery
ProJo: PC students win accounting competition
GoLocalProv: Lawmakers call for full-day kindergarten
Brown Daily Herald: For-profit college seeks R.I. campus
PBN: Health, academic institutions must affiliate to compete
PBN: R.I. ranked No. 2 for teacher policies
Health and Wellness
ProJo: Chronically impaired diverting ambulances
ProJo: Doctor: Teen pregnancy a health risk
ProJo: Delta Dental fined $25,000
NBC 10: Health Check: Shape Up RI
Passages
ProJo: Uncommon ‘Joe’
ProJo: William Dugan, aide to Garrahy
Politics and Government
ProJo: Council seeks vote on casino
ProJo: Racial profile targeted by bill
ProJo: Assembly Digest
ProJo: Route 195 commission spells out its mission
GoLocalProv: RI’s top 40 campaign donors
GoLocalProv: Treasurer’s office receives 12 proposals for new defined contribution program
Opinion
ProJo: He was above all, a nice guy with the common touch
ProJo: Reviving Arcade to revive downtown
Nesi’s Notes: Fact check: RI’s local pension problems predate state aid cuts
Education
ProJo: Ban on students’ texting proposed (A1)
By Philip Marcelo
PROVIDENCE –– Rhode Island would ban students from texting on cell phones during school hours, under a proposal introduced into the General Assembly this year by state Rep. Peter J. Petrarca and state Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr.
ProJo: Before Ahlquist, it was Ellery (A1)
By Lynn Arditi
CRANSTON — A retired physicist, who, in 1963, won a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of school prayer in Pennsylvania, joined more than 100 protesters Wednesday, about half of them supporting the16-year-old student who sued to remove a prayer banner at Cranston High School West.
ProJo: PC students win accounting competition (A11)
By Journal Staff
Five Providence College students have won a prestigious collegiate accounting competition that one of their teachers likens to the PC basketball team being named national champions.
GoLocalProv: Lawmakers call for full-day kindergarten
By GoLocalProv news team
After the House of Representatives approved a resolution last year throwing support behind full-day kindergarten programs statewide, Reps. Roberto DaSilva (D-Dist. 63, East Providence, Pawtucket) and Joy Hearn (D-Dist. 66, Barrington, East Providence) are now looking to make full-day programs a matter of state law.
http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-lawmakers-call-for-full-day-kindergarten/
Brown Daily Herald: For-profit college seeks R.I. campus
By Kat Thornton
PBN: Health, academic institutions must affiliate to compete
By Denise Perreault
PBN: R.I. ranked No. 2 for teacher policies
By Kimberly Donoghue
Health and Wellness
ProJo: Chronically impaired diverting ambulances (A2)
By Felice J. Freyer
When you see an ambulance on the street, you probably imagine it rushing someone with a heart attack or broken spine to urgent medical treatment.
ProJo: Doctor: Teen pregnancy a health risk (A4)
By Jennifer D. Jordan
PROVIDENCE –– In 2010, teenage mothers gave birth to about 890 babies in Rhode Island. “That’s 890 too many,” says Dr. Patricia Flanagan, chief of clinical affairs at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
ProJo: Delta Dental fined $25,000 (A8)
By Felice J. Freyer
The state health insurance commissioner has fined Delta Dental of Rhode Island $25,000 and ordered 19 changes in the way the dental insurer handles claims and complaints.
NBC 10: Health Check: Shape Up RI
By Barbara Morse Silva
Passages
ProJo: Uncommon ‘Joe’ (A1)
By G. Wayne Miller
J. Joseph Garrahy, a son of Irish immigrants who rose from humble circumstances to lead Rhode Island as governor for eight years, died Tuesday in Florida, where he had been spending the winter. Gifted with an ability to connect with regular people –– a talent famously exemplified during his calm and masterful management of the state during the paralyzing Blizzard of ’78, one of the region’s worst storms on record –– Garrahy was 81.
ProJo: William Dugan, aide to Garrahy (A10)
By Donita Naylor
Willliam G. Dugan Jr. was former Gov. J. Joseph Garrahy’s chief of staff and top political adviser for eight years, but he’ll always be remembered as the man who dealt out low-number license plates from his State House office adjoining the governor’s.
Politics and Government
ProJo: Council seeks vote on casino (A1)
By Richard Salit
NEWPORT — After years of resisting gambling expansions at Newport Grand, the City-by-the-Sea has a taken first step toward possibly allowing it to become a full-fledged casino.
ProJo: Racial profile targeted by bill (A6)
By Karen Lee Ziner
PROVIDENCE –– “Living in the West End of Providence is a drag,” Chansino Eang said, “knowing that the cops out here don’t hesitate to stop youths like me. Just because I wear blue or red, doesn’t mean I have guns or drugs, or just because we’re Asian doesn’t mean we’re in gangs.”
ProJo: Assembly Digest (A6)
House approves bill to let city borrow up to $12.6 million / Lawmaker introduces bill requiring state escrow account
ProJo: Route 195 commission spells out its mission (A9)
By Kate Bramson
PROVIDENCE — The expertise of individual members of the Route 195 Redevelopment District Commission is crystallizing as they continue to address how to develop prime real estate in the capital city, yet after robust discussion Wednesday, the seven agreed fairly readily to a mission statement.
GoLocalProv: RI’s top 40 campaign donors
By Stephen Beale
Opinion
ProJo: He was above all, a nice guy with the common touch (A10)
By Edward Fitzpatrick
In many ways, he embodied the best of Rhode Island — a Narragansett Beer salesman who became governor; a governor who became legendary while wearing a flannel shirt throughout the Blizzard of ’78, providing calm leadership amid the storm; a warm and thoughtful man free of the bombast and bitterness, the vanity and venom seen in many modern politicians.
ProJo: Reviving Arcade to revive downtown (B7)
By David Brussat
Yesterday’s announcement that the Providence Arcade will reopen this year is the best news of the year around here so far, certainly — and maybe the entire year. This is big, folks.
Nesi’s Notes: Fact check: RI’s local pension problems predate state aid cuts
By Ted Nesi
Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena, a member of the new local pension commission, suggested Wednesday that the huge cuts in state aid to cities and towns are a key reason for the plans’ financial troubles.
http://blogs.wpri.com/author/tednesi/
