The Hummel Report

The Hummel Round-Up

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  Feds grant $654K to help R.I. fight fire more effectively
  RI conservative reacts to IRS scandal
  Almonte abandons gov campaign to run for RI treasurer
  Bill to disclose tuition waivers moves ahead
  Bid to curb payday loans
  Forecast flags reasons to expect less revenue
  As the lights go out in RI
  Wealth of plans set for uninsured

  Chafee withdraws 6% pay raises for cabinet
  RIPEC: Special districts useful but seen as under-regulated
  New RI water agency could pad Providence’s coffers
  Avedisian proposes $283-million spending package
  Bill would require photo ID on all EBT cards
  Changes to legal drinking limit standard
  Conservative media broke IRS story one year ago
  38 Studios bonds: Don’t default and don’t repay
  Valois wins Senate panel support to head EDC
  ‘Flawed RI business brand’ critiqued by RI Taxpayers group
  Caprio calls ‘shove it’ remark ‘stupid,’ prepares comeback
  House votes to lengthen time before expungement

  State rep. wants to abolish Sakonnet Bridge tolls
  Bill floats regional water authority
  RI Tea Party head says IRS targeting tea party is "chilling"
  Whitehouse fears ‘more timid’ IRS after audits scandal
  In Rhode Island, the times should be a-changin’
  EngageRI raised $900K in 2011 and 2012, tax returns show
  Parking an issue on Rte. 195 land
  CFA: Confusion over foreclosure checks
  Broken Down Law: Used car buyers beware
  Spur economy while protecting environment

  Political Scene
  Senate OKs Crowley bill to catch 
Medicaid waste and fraud
  Rhode Island lawmakers to honor Vietnam vets
  Gov. Chafee backs Ken Block in battle with Speaker Fox
  Montalbano Nominated for Superior Court; Chafee Hands the Senate two Magistrate Vacancies
  Raises for Chafee's cabinet to go into effect next week
  A developing trend in donations
  
  
  

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  Pawtucket apartments went years without inspections
  Founders Leagues steps up recruitment efforts for members
  Inviting the cod to follow the scallop
  Trulia: Home prices are undervalued in Providence region

  Tribe unveils design for Mass. casino
  CVS’ Merlo helps
  kick off The Garage
  Jewelry designer, tennis online booking service, 3D printing marketplace win Business Plan
  Trading ideas, advice
  5 honored with Metcalf Awards for Diversity

  Hummel short subjects on Ch. 36
  Full steam ahead for CLUCK!
  GWB awards R.I. firms $60K in skills-training grants
  Bristol Co., Mass., foreclosure starts drop significantly in March
  Cox reveals new solar power systems

  Court rules that state not required to pay Lead Industry’s court costs
  Condo plans for former Mansfield chocolate factory halted
  Lardaro: 1Q ends on ‘positive’ note
  Omni grows presence on Fed. Hill
  National Grid, Union reach deal
  Add a R.I. seat to the mid-Atlantic fisheries council

   

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  To arm or not?
  Pawt. moving 6th graders to junior high
  Unexpected classmates
  RISD Museum picks new curator for contemporary art

  Transgender child, 12, & family start support group
  Committee votes to keep junior HS open
  RWU to build sailing center
  Arming RI Campus Police Vote Delayed
  A mother’s plea for the rite of father-daughter dance
  How overpaid are college presidents?

  RWU kicks off 350th RI Colonial Charter Celebration
  A graduation under wraps
  Lincoln pays top tuition for charter schools
  Supt. Lindberg to Budget Committee: We've given enough data, read the report
  Brown researchers find link between water on Moon, Earth

   

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  Kids using pain killers at younger ages
  Arrest made in Brown student assault
  Prov firefighters pull 2 men from water
  Suspect uses scissors to hold up Providence store
  DLT requests no review of Derderian penalty

  Dismemberment suspect to learn fate
  Heroin, weed, guns found in woman's apt
  Founder to miss Hall of Fame gala
  Plane leaves from RI, crashes in Mass.
  Report: 66% of domestic violence cases get dismissed

  Bishop pleads guilty to refusing breathalyzer

  Answers sought in drug mystery
  Gift card scams cost consumers
  Caught On Cam: Clerks fight off thieves with hammer, chair
  Man dies after being sucker punched in head
  Copper theft causes home explosion in New Bedford
  Masked man breaks into local middle school
  Ex-Caramadre lawyer testifies for prosecution
  Suspect arrested in robbery, bomb scare
  Defendant: Victim sent texts to herself

  Man seriously beaten outside nightclub
  Man charged in defrauding patients seeks to change plea
  Man critical after assault in Providence
  Rugby behind bars

   

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  Fan caught swimming to Taylor Swift's house at Watch Hill
  Prov. Councilman offers plan to limit proposed tax hike

  Security of Scituate Reservoir top priority for water board

  ‘Landing’ on a name for Warwick Station District
  Warwick Mall is hub under RIPTA plan
  Avedisian proposes $283-million spending package
  Ancients and Horribles Parade will go on after all
  Special counsel to fight proposed wind turbines
  Statehouse pols tight-lipped on tax plan
  Newport-Bermuda race delivers $9M benefit to City by the Sea

  Authorities investigate fires set in the woods
  Objections raised to affordable-housing plan
  Providence paid $600K in claims for potholes, accidents
  E.P. lot is site of archaeological dig
  Scorsese to bring Vinny Paz story to the big screen
  Many in Coventry Say Their Town "Stinks"
  Safety Comes First

  Study: Providence commercial tax rates highest in the US
  Scorsese joins film project on life of champion boxer Paz
  10 years, $750,000 later, West Side diner nearly done
  Fire consolidation plan going to Statehouse for approval
  E.G. post office could be moving
  Putting superstorm Sandy behind, Misquamicut opens
  R.I. scores some sports dollars

   

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  British diplomats reveal world of weird requests
  Dramatic Video: Deer Crashes Through Bus
  What Is Flowing Out Of That Street?!
  Butcher Feeds Marijuana To Pigs To Create True High-Quality Meat

  Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disney World

  3 arrested in drug, prostitution sting at senior citizen housing
  Man charged in overnight feast at Ky. supermarket
  Thief Blames Zombies for Crash
  Corpse Flower Blooms In Ohio State

  Firefighter rescues cop stuck in tree rescuing cat
  UN urges: Eat more insects! (Seriously)
  Woman Allegedly Assaults Sandwich Maker Over 'Too Many Pickles'
  Diapers for Chickens
  Congressional hearings on UFOs

  Accused Grave Robber Decorates Home With Cemetery Loot
  Lion Tacos Cause An Uproar In Florida
  Cicadas: "The Shrimp of the Land"
  Girl chugs beer with her ear
  In Seattle, pot-carrying bus riders can reclaim lost weed