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Starting Nov. 16, live phone help for unemployment claims will end at 12:30 p.m. on three weekdays during a 90-day pilot. The department says staff will use the freed-up time to process claims.
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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee called the project's completion a highlight of his administration and credited his office with protecting it from interference by the Trump administration.
Montaña Urbana Homes, near the Green Street MBTA station, offers one-bedroom units for residents earning up to 60% of the area median income, plus on-site services.
Investigators traced the May blaze that killed Robert "Bobby" Kilduff Jr. to batteries stored in plastic toolboxes on a third-floor porch, fire officials said.
Groups such as North Shore Pride or residents could propose designs, but the board would have to approve them as the town's own speech.
A resident told the board that an oversight letter the delegation sent ICE in May, and the agency's reply, have not been made public.
Presenters said a state model policy adopted last year left out protections in the district's earlier rules, including that family consent is not required for a student's chosen name and pronouns. The board took no vote.
Speakers during public comment questioned outside classroom materials, a genocide studies assignment and a textbook they said describes Israel's founding as colonization.
The ordinance, which passed 6-1, extends state limits on police cooperation with federal immigration agents to all town employees in the community that hosts an ICE facility.
Vermont State Police say the driver stopped on Business Route 4 on Oct. 21 gave troopers a false name and was driving on a criminally suspended license.
Gov. Janet Mills said her administration will give full cooperation to Pingree, who served in the Mills administration before winning the race to become Maine's 76th governor.
The mayor called the $50 million plan urgent, saying only six of the city's 20 garbage trucks are working, while the school district seeks state fiscal intervention.