The state saw a net job loss of 2,200, but Lardaro said it is “safe to conclude” that the unemployment rate is actually lower than the published 11.1 percent and more likely between 10 and 11 percent.

Five candidates for Episcopal bishop of Rhode Island have been introduced to 375 priests, deacons and lay people at a gathering that fielded questions on issues ranging from the blessing of same-sex relationships to how the candidates would exercise their authority of bishop.

Since letting those with money jump queues is as American as mom, apple pie, and establishing military bases in foreign countries, that might not really be an objection. In America, you get what you can afford, whether it’s education, health care, or safe living conditions.

“Superintendent Robert McIntyre said the pilot program would allow 10 students from outside Barrington to attend by paying the per-pupil cost of about $12,800 a year. The 3,400-student school district is considered one of the state’s top-performing.”

It’s gotta be a majority, right? Given that Chafee thinks he’s in charge down there.

A report released Tuesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that in 2010, 16 percent of Rhode Island adults had unmet medical needs and cited the cost of care as the reason. That’s up nearly 7 percentage points since 2000.

Rhode Island, with an 11 percent unemployment rate, will receive $542,346 from U.S. Department of Labor grants given to fund re-employment and eligibility assessments for unemployment insurance.

On Fri., April 20, the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Rhode Island hosted the annual North Providence flag raising. A crowd of close to 100 gathered to pay respect to our martyrs. North Providence was the first town in the state of Rhode Island to officially raise the flag in memory of the martyrs—and has continued to do so for 16 years.

Brown University, Roger Williams University and the University of Rhode Island were included on The Princeton Review’s third annual “Guide to 322 Green Colleges.”

fuckyeahrhodeisland:

Quahog, R.I., the fictional hometown of Peter Griffin and his dysfunctional “Family Guy” relatives, is coming to life.

The show will meld with reality this weekend when a local tourism council sponsors an all-day bus tour highlighting the Rhode Island institutions featured — for better or worse — on the Fox network’s hit series.

Fans will get to visit the bar in Johnston known as The Drunken Clam, a “Family Guy” neighborhood haunt, and drive past a downtown Providence skyscraper off which the often clueless, almost always politically incorrect character jumps in one episode because he’s “immortal.”

The show, created by Seth MacFarlane, who attended the Rhode Island School of Design, pretty accurately depicts a slew of real-life Rhode Island places, including the iconic Van Wickle Gates at Brown University and the Breakers mansion in Newport. It takes generous liberties with others.