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Rhode Island Kids Count is out with its annual Factbook this morning, and, as usual, it's filled with important statistics about children and families across the state.
Here are five key stats from this year's Factbook.
Childhood Poverty
Rental Costs
Birth Rates
Childhood Obesity
Chronic Absenteeism
🤔 So you think you're a Rhode Islander...
Who was the mayor of Providence at the beginning of the Civil War?
(Answer at the bottom.)
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⚓ The US Department of Homeland Security on Thursday criticized what it called an “activist” federal judge in Rhode Island for approving the release of a man it said was wanted for homicide in the Dominican Republic. Yet, attorneys representing the federal government did not provide evidence to US District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose that there was a warrant out against Bryan Rafael Gomez, an undocumented immigrant, according to a spokesperson for the court in Providence and court records filed.
Read more.
⚓ The Hasbro Children’s Hospital’s prom is a rite of passage for kids whose medical needs often force them to miss milestones. Read more.
⚓ Brown University announced this week it received a $12 million gift from Orlando Bravo, a Puerto Rican billionaire businessman, to support research focused on economics. Read more.
⚓ ⚓ This week's Ocean State Q&A is with Lynn Rothschild, a NASA Ames Research Center scientist, who is part of a team studying whether algae and fungi can create a sustainable home on the moon. Email us with suggestions for this weekly interview. Read more.
You can check out all of our coverage at Globe.com/RI
Also in the Globe
⚓ Here are five summer travel experiences you’ve probably never had before in New England. Read more.
⚓ Itchy eyes. Irritated skin. Congestion that won’t clear. Allergy season arrived late this year, but it’s causing stronger and more intense symptoms than usual. Read more.
⚓ Dan Shaughnessy writes that Joe Mazzulla and his Jayson Tatum-less, three-obsessed Celtics got the fate they deserved in Game 7 Saturday night. Read more.
⚓ The special commission that is studying the Act on Climate meets at 4 p.m. Here's the agenda.
⚓ The Providence City Council Ways and Means Committee is holding a public hearing on the city budget at 5:30 p.m.
⚓ The Warwick City Council is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. Here's the agenda.
🏆 Pop quiz answer
Jabez Comstock Knight, a Republican, was mayor of Providence from 1859 until 1864.
RHODE ISLAND REPORT PODCAST Ed Fitzpatrick talks to our colleague Emily Sweeney about her project on New England's Green Book locations. Listen to all of our podcasts here.
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