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PROVIDENCE — The state Office of Cannabis Regulation, which is spearheading the effort to add six new medical marijuana dispensaries in Rhode Island, has a new chief, Matthew Santacroce, a former policy director for Gov. Gina Raimondo. Santacroce, who left the Raimondo administration in 2018 and most recently worked at The Policy Lab, a collaborative think tank run by Brown University, began his new job in cannabis regulation just weeks ago. Santacroce, who earned $93,575 as Raimondo’s policy director, was appointed on Jan. 19 as the Department of Business Regulation’s new cannabis c...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of California families drop out of the CalFresh program, leading researchers to wonder why some forego the program. The latest research is showing that paperwork and bureaucracy could be the issue.

RI Office of Cannabis Regulation has a new chief, a former policy director for Raimondo Tom Mooney, The Providence Journal © Associated Press file A marijuana plant. PROVIDENCE — The state Office of Cannabis Regulation, which is spearheading the effort to add six new medical marijuana dispensaries in Rhode Island, has a new chief, Matthew Santacroce, a former policy director for Gov. Gina Raimondo. Santacroce, who left the Raimondo administration in 2018 and most recently worked at The Policy Lab, a collaborative think tank run by Brown University, began his new job in...

Zach DROUGHT CHECK-IN: WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CA WATER Dried mud and the remnants of a marina is seen at the New Melones Lake reservoir which is now at less than 20 percent capacity as a severe drought continues to affect California on May 24, 2015. California has recently announced sweeping statewide water restrictions for the first time in history in order to combat the region's devastating drought, the worst since records began. AFP PHOTO/ MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images Last Fall much of California ...

Former Central Falls Mayor James Diossa joins Brown University Supporters say becoming a senior adviser at The Policy Lab does not take him out of the running for lieutenant governor of Rhode Island By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated January 27, 2021, 4:38 p.m. Email to a Friend Former Central Falls Mayor James A. DiossaJonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff PROVIDENCE — Former Central Falls Mayor James A. Diossa began working this week as senior adviser at Brown University’s Policy Lab, but supporters say the move does not take him out of the running for lieutenant governor. Diossa had ...