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Rhode Island Kids Count is holding its annual breakfast at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick to unveil the latest edition of its factbook about children and families across the state.
For good reason, the focus of today’s breakfast will be on uncertainty coming out of Washington, D.C., and officials at Kids Count are expected to highlight concerns about potential cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, health insurance, and Head Start.
But it’s also worth it to take a closer look at some of the most important statistics for children and families on the economy, health and wellness, and education.
Here are seven charts to help frame the discussion.
🤔 So you think you're a Rhode Islander...
An easy one on a Monday: Can you name the former Providence College basketball coach who has coached both the Celtics and Knicks? (You can find the answer below.)
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The Globe in Rhode Island
⚓ Former North Kingstown High School basketball coach Aaron Thomas took the stand Friday in his criminal trial — his first time speaking publicly since the “naked fat test” accusations came to light in October 2021. Read more.
⚓ Some New England lawmakers are steamed over the latest closure announced on Capitol Hill — this time, a Dunkin’ location in a House of Representatives office complex. Read more.
⚓ A Rhode Island man will serve 20 years in state prison after he pleaded no contest to taking part in two “gang-related” Providence shootings in March 2023, including one in which he fired shots at a 9-year-old boy, prosecutors said. Read more.
⚓ In an opinion piece for Globe Rhode Island, Mariela Clavijo writes that Head Start supports our most vulnerable children and families, and now it's at risk. Read more.
⚓ This week's Ocean State Innovators Q&A is with Jiarui Nie, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health who is exploring how gold nanoparticles injected into the eye can stimulate photo receptors. 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
⚓ The class of 2025 faces a difficult job search amid federal hiring shutdowns and funding cuts. Read more.
⚓ The Globe's editorial board backs three-year medical schools. Read more.
⚓ The Red Sox reconfigured Rafael Devers’s job description once this year. Would they, and should they, consider a move to first base now? Read more.
⚓ Former US representative Patrick Kennedy will join Governor Dan McKee and Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green for a student mental health roundtable discussion at 1:30 p.m. at PCTA in Providence.
⚓ The Knicks take on the Celtics in Game One of the Eastern Conference semifinals at 7 p.m.
🏆 Pop quiz answer
Rick Pitino left Providence College in 1987 to take the Knicks job. He left Kentucky in 1997 to take the Celtics job.
RHODE ISLAND REPORT PODCAST Ed Fitzpatrick talks to our colleague Amanda Milkovits about her latest story on a widowed father battling his wife's parents over child visitation rights. Listen to all of our podcasts here.
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