Steven Lima News Today

We aren’t just Public Radio, we are The Public’s Radio. Hear us on WNPN 89.3FM across Rhode Island and the Southcoast of Massachusetts.

Some state Senate races were separated by only a handful of votes as election watch parties wrapped up Tuesday night.

WOONSOCKET/NORTH SMITHFIELD – Accusations are flying in the House District 49 race to replace departing Rep. Steven Lima and represent parts of Woonsocket and North Smithfield.

WOONSOCKET – Plenty of candidates are at least initially planning a run for a City Council or local General Assembly seat, after filing declaration papers last week.

The $38,496,937 the lawmakers spent didnt change all that much from the previous year. What changed? Italian deli and pizza preferences, for one.

5/5/2021 Bernon Mills project ‘huge push forward’ for downtown A new plan to redevelop the Bernon Mills, a 3.9-acre former textile complex on the Blackstone River, offers promise for the city’s downtown. (Breeze photo by Lauren Clem) Mixed-use development will bring ‘human capital’ to Main Street WOONSOCKET – A new project pitched by a New York-based developer is poised to become one of the largest mill redevelopments in the city and will almost certainly reshape the economic prospe...

Rhode Island: Urge Your State Legislators to Protect Animals Killed for Their Fur This action is for Rhode Island residents only. February 21, 2021 On fur farms, animals like foxes and minks are confined to tiny wire cages for virtually their entire lives. Unable to engage in most of their natural behaviors, these animals routinely resort to self-mutilation, obsessive pacing, and infanticide. Undercover investigations on fur farms have uncovered egregious cruelty — including animals be...