15+ hour, 29+ min ago   (293+ words) The Cumberland School Committee approved a 4 percent raise for the superintendent on a 4-2 vote Thursday, a rare split on a night when nearly everything else passed unanimously. Cumberland's superintendent receives a 4 percent salary increase for 2026-27, matching the raise in the…...

15+ hour, 30+ min ago   (366+ words) A new report argues federal budget scoring rules — not public opposition — stalled bipartisan prior authorization reform in Congress. Rhode Island stopped waiting and launched its own three-year ban for primary care orders. Rhode Islanders whose treatment gets delayed or denied…...

15+ hour, 30+ min ago   (476+ words) The council split 3-2 on August 3 to repeal its 60-day moratorium on commercial development in residential areas, after the town planner said the deadline left no realistic room to rewrite and advertise the contested zoning rules. Exeter's pause on commercial development…...

15+ hour, 30+ min ago   (610+ words) The Middletown Planning Board approved setback, height and parking variances for seven office buildings at 50 Enterprise Center, a project the applicant said will eventually add up to 98 housing units on the property. Seven new office buildings are cleared for preliminary…...

15+ hour, 29+ min ago   (387+ words) The CFPB announced Friday it will stop publishing consumer complaint narratives from its public database, moving 11 years of first-person accounts of financial harm to a FOIA reading room. Consumer advocates say the move shields companies from scrutiny. Rhode Islanders file…...

15+ hour, 30+ min ago   (452+ words) A parent told the Tiverton School Committee on Wednesday that Fort Barton should reopen, citing families leaving the district, fourth graders placed at the middle school, and new housing going up on Fish Road. No vote was taken and no…...

22+ hour ago   (552+ words) Coventry's preservation commission will revive a two-year-old draft ordinance letting it name local historic landmarks, and weigh adding a six-month hold on demolition permits. If adopted, the amendment would let Coventry designate individual buildings as local historic landmarks and could…...

22+ hour ago   (615+ words) A transportation consultant's bell-time scenario would push one Cumberland elementary school to a 9:45 a.m. start and save an estimated $400,000, an option the superintendent said he could not recommend and one committee member called "a joke." Cumberland families could see school start…...

22+ hour, 14+ min ago   (278+ words) Amazon reinstated binding arbitration and a class-action waiver in its Conditions of Use, effective August 14 — five years after dropping them. Rhode Island shoppers keep small claims court, but only up to the state's $5,000 cap. Rhode Islanders can no longer sue…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (687+ words) Kindergarten through grade five will not take devices home at all, and older students only when homework requires it, after a survey of 27 teachers and 41 parents found computers are seldom used for homework. Little Compton families will see school laptops…...