Providence Cloudy, 64F

Thursday May 23, 2013

• PolitiFact R.I. rules URI professor's claim on race and police stops Mostly True  
• Developer Weiss plans hotel for vacant Wickford Elementary School
• Missing URI student who was heading home to Pennsylvania still missing  
• East Providence officials: City's tax rates for 2014 will boost revenues by 2.4 percent
• Newport's Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum wins top accreditation; free admission for Rhode Islanders Saturday  
• R.I. Senate passes 'Back to Work in R.I.' job-training bill
• Residents, landlords planning to attend 5:30 p.m. Providence budget hearing
• R.I. education board chairwoman says Chafee still supports Commissioner Gist
• Beaten homeless man's condition upgraded, Pawtucket police search for assailant
• Edgewood's Shaw Plat added to National Register  

• Former Cranston Mayor Laffey to run for governor in Colorado  
• Paiva Weed denies rumors she'll leave R.I. Senate presidency to become judge
• Closed-door gathering at Camille's for R.I. Senate Democrats
• Block Island's state nurse retires at age 86, after 54 years in post  

• Middletown sailmaker sold at bankruptcy auction
• AAA: Memorial Day traffic to dip slightly
• R.I. agency approves sale of Training School property to Carpionato
• Lawyers begin arguments in 38 Studios lawsuit

• Live Music Today, Friday May 24
• Live Music Today, Thursday May 23