And the ProJo continues to evolve before our eyes. On the front page today: a piece labeled "analysis" by State House reporter Steve Peoples that suggests Governor Carcieri left himself little option but to propose steep cuts to cities and towns by foreclosing other budget-cutting possibilities - layoffs and [...]
It's been a week since the Boston Globe ran a front-page story, in its Sunday edition, on the August ouster of RISD museum director Hope Alswang, and no follow-up by the ProJo.
The breakthrough in the Globe piece: the paper obtained a copy of a letter Maeda sent to Alswang before her [...]
ProJo columnist Edward Fitzpatrick casts a gimlet eye on the new biodegradable/compostable/recyclable Blue Cross office building and sees right through to the fancy new offices, cafeteria and gym with their sweeping views of Waterplace Park and beyond. The costs of this new building [...]
Great news, covered here in the Projo and here at RIFuture. Here’s the statement he’s posted on his new website:
Statistician, writer, and public policy researcher, Tom Sgouros, Jr., announced today he will seek the Democratic nomination for Rhode Island Office of the General Treasurer [...]
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The ProJo has a very good comprehensive story on the Metro Transit Study which is to be officially released on Thursday. Really, it is a good story, the best, most balanced story on RIPTA I think I’ve ever [...]
UPDATE: The Projo has an update on the eviction, and plans to care for the animals.
ORIGINAL,12/8: Fortunately Dr. Ernest Finocchio, head of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, appears to be on top of the dire [...]
Over 100 people were killed in a fire in Perm, Russia. The building was a fire trap, and someone set off pyrotechnics.
No Rhode Islander could miss the similarities. ProJo.com has more. [...] The ProJo's parent company, A.H. Belo, has been skewered over the last 24 hours after sending a memo to employees at its flagship paper, the Dallas Morning News, announcing that some editors at the paper will start reporting directly to managers who oversee advertising - blurring the traditional line [...]
The Providence Journal, buffeted by declining circulation and advertising revenue, has re-hired three laid-off copy editors to do part-time, sporadic work.
John Hill, president of the Providence Newspaper Guild, says he does not read the move as a sign of a marked improvement in the paper's financial health - but rather, an [...]
Have you served with the armed forces in Afghanistan? We'd like to hear your opinions on President Obama's strategy for the war, based on your experience.
If you'd like to share your views with a reporter, e-mail us at pjnews@projo.com, with your name and phone number. Put Afghanistan in the subject [...]
ProJo reporter Randall Edgar, who has been covering Cranston of late, will take Cynthia Needham's spot in the State House bureau, columnist Bob Kerr tells us.
Needham left the post in recent weeks to become the paper's chief economics reporter, leaving a hole in the three-person bureau.
The ProJo has maintained its [...]
It has always been a little difficult explaining to the uninitiated exactly what the Steel Yard is. It just isn’t like anyplace or anything else — and until reading today’s article in the ProJo my understanding was incomplete. Gina [...]
We probably disagree more frequently than we agree when it comes to economic development policy, but he’s right on here, from the Projo:
I strongly believe that the public sector should encourage the continued expansion of our colleges and hospitals. The state and local governments benefit handsomely from the presence of [...]
We probably disagree more frequently than we agree when it comes to economic development policy, but he's right on here, from the Projo:
I strongly believe that the public sector should encourage the continued expansion of our colleges and hospitals. The state and local governments benefit handsomely from the [...]Given the option between a tax cut and more education funding (yes, there often is a tradeoff), this story from the ProJo should give some guidance.
There are 74,700 Rhode Islanders out of work, but leaders of one emerging industry — bioscience — say they can’t find enough qualified [...]
Thanksgiving Day means a holiday for the 7to7 breaking news blog and its staff.
So, projo.com won't be serving up the usual menu of breaking news all day long.
But we do expect to publish as needed, and we'll be on the job if major local news breaks.
As usual, we will carry [...]
By Neil Downing
Journal staff writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Journal Co. is studying the possibility of charging a fee for a portion of the news and information it currently provides at no charge on its Web site, projo.com.
Howard G. Sutton, The Journal Co.'s chairman, publisher, president and chief [...]
ProJo executive editor Tom Heslin, in a question-and-answer session after a speech before good-government group Common Cause Rhode Island a few weeks ago, suggested that the paper would consider charging for content. Everyone in the industry, he noted, is weighing the move amid major declines in revenue.
And the fight goes on.
Patrick Kennedy inexplicably kept his feud with Bishop Tobin alive this weekend in a ProJo interview, claiming that the bishop forbade him from receiving communion because of his stand on abortion.
The bishop, who has proven skillful - if a bit chippy - in the row, [...]
The Gov just released a statement on his veto of basic civil rights for people who lose a loved one. Sadly, it appears his arrogance is now forcing him to lash out at those who would dare to call him out on his bigotry. From the Projo:
In the [...]
