In early 2020, Jenni and Dennis DeLoach were about to expand their business. They started Joyful Hearts Childcare in 2008; it functioned originally as a home daycare. Three years later, they opened their first center-based facility inside of the First Baptist Church on Cotter Street in Pawtucket. They are licensed for 39 kids inside that […]
Like a Bruins game in August, a special election in March just seems weird. Rhode Islanders are headed to the polls Tuesday for the fourth time in less than a year. In 2020, state leaders moved to spin off the traditional bond borrowing questions from the ballot, giving them their own special election. All seven […]
Housing prices across the state set new records last year under the COVID-19 pandemic. Pundits speculate the reason is high-income professionals fleeing urban areas in record numbers (possibly turning Rhode Island into a bedroom for Boston), but the impact is struggling residents are getting strangled by the increase in rent. Affordable housing, already vanishing prior […]
Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee was back on stage today, headlining the COVID-19 press conference. McKee stated he is proud of the progress the Ocean State has made in its vaccinations and its buildup of capacity to put thousands of shots in arms. Johnson & Johnson’s single dose vaccine is expected to start arriving within a […]
Small Frye is the working title for local photographer to the clubs, Dwight Clifton. Motif turned to Small Frye to use his photographic wizardry during the pandemic, taking our featured article shot of the various authors who contributed to our February 2021 issue — in a way that was COVID safe, but still looked interesting. […]
DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, Commerce Sec. Stefan Pryor, and Maj. Gen. Chris Callahan of the RI National Guard gave the weekly COVID press conference today at 1pm. Conspicuously, neither Gov. Gina Raimondo nor governor-in-waiting Dan McKee were in attendance. DOH officials reported 320 new cases of COVID-19 since yesterday, out of 17,924 tests. The […]
COVID-19 vaccination reservations can now be made for everyone age 75 or older who lives, works, or goes to school in Rhode Island, the RI Department of Health (DoH) announced this morning. Actual vaccination appointments begin tomorrow, Thursday, February 18, at the two state-run points of dispensing (PODs), Dunkin Donuts Center POD, 1 La Salle […]
“I realized that there are many elected officials, my [former] representative included, who ran on a Democratic platform, but did not really represent the Democratic values,” says Representative Michelle McGaw of her decision to run in 2020. “People have had enough of elected officials who ‘go along to get along’ and want representation that is […]
“If we reform the Senate Rules, then we can create a space where you don’t need a majority to govern; each member of the assembly has equal power to propose and vote on legislation,” says freshman State Senator Jonathon Acosta, who declined to support existing Senate leadership. “I’m committed to advocating for a more democratic […]
“I think the 2016 presidential election has a lot to do with people getting involved in their communities and learning more about local politics and leaders,” said State Senator Tiara Mack about the progressive wins in 2020. “When the spotlight was on local elected officials who had previously gone under the radar, the voters could […]