Mar 12, 2021
(Providence, RI) A federal court has dismissed claims made by students at several Rhode Island universities who sued for a tuition refund after the coronavirus pandemic forced a transition to remote learning.A federal court order issued earlier this month dismissed breach of contract and tort claims in the case brought on by students at Brown, Roger Williams and Johnson and Wales universities, as well as the University of Rhode Island.The judge said the schools were responding to the remarkable circumstances of the pandemic.
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Jan 19, 2021
(Undated) Gas prices are increasing in Rhode Island.The website RIGasPrices.com indicates the current average is two dollars and thirty-four cents per gallon.That s an increase of 16 cents from one month ago.The current national average is two-thirty-nine.
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