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Developers want to build a new apartment building conjoined with another existing building to skirt parking requirements. Should they be allowed to?

PROVIDENCE — Former Centrals Fall Mayor James Diossa, a leading candidate in the lieutenant governor sweepstakes, has resigned from the board of a company seeking one of the first new marijuana dispensary licenses available in Rhode Island in years. In response to Journal inquiries, Diossa spokesman Christopher Hunter on Thursday provided a copy of Diossas January 8 letter of resignation. "I hereby resign my position on the Board of Directors of the Edward O. Hawkins Center, Inc. effective...