By Alexander Castro | Reporter
Hey, it’s Monday.
On this day in 2007, Israeli archaeologists discovered the tomb of Herod the Great. Every now and then, we at Rhode Island Current also discover the ancient monarch — in our analytics dashboard, because this commentary about Herod we ran on Christmas Day 2023 continues to rack up views.
A collage of commencement speakers in Rhode Island this graduation season. (Courtesy photos)
By Alexander Castro
Rhode Island colleges have tapped CEOs, Olympians, artists and broadcasters more to address the Class of 2026 at commencement ceremonies statewide in the coming weeks.
President Donald Trump's budget for the coming fiscal year proposes to end federal funding for libraries. (Getty Images)
By Shauneen Miranda | DC Bureau
President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators as well as groups representing museums and libraries across the country are blasting the president’s proposal.
Creating a new family medicine residency program offers both short- and long-term benefits for Rhode Island. (Photo by 9dreamstudio/Getty image)
COMMENTARY
By Robert B. Hackey and Chloe Silva
Rhode Islanders don’t need to wait 10 years or more for a new publicly funded medical school at the University of Rhode Island to increase the state’s supply of primary care physicians. A promising family medicine residency program coming to Woonsocket next year can do that. But it is being threatened by federal funding cuts.
ICYMI
Salisbury stepping down as Rhode Island’s prison director | Christopher Shea
Trump administration investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell scrapped | Ashley Murray/DC Bureau
How Trump’s order on mail ballots threatens Postal Service independence | Jonathan Shorman/States Newsroom
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