AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoPublic Safety: A 2-year-old remains critically injured after she and her mother were stabbed at a Providence bus stop. The suspect had previously been accused of stabbing two boys and found unfit for trial, raising fresh questions about how the system handled the case. Roads: Rhode Island State Police joined five neighboring states for Operation Wicked Safe, with extra patrols through Thursday targeting speeding, impaired and distracted driving. Schools: New test results show 33.1% of Rhode Island students in grades 3–8 meet English expectations and 31.9% meet math expectations. The gap with Massachusetts narrowed, but largely because Massachusetts scores fell in English. Housing: An audit found missing records, expired grants and oversight gaps at the state housing office. In Woonsocket, meanwhile, a task force reports an 85% drop in unsheltered homelessness over two years, while warning the problem persists. Ocean State Record Bid: Coventry grower Ron Wallace’s 3,156-pound pumpkin could top the world record, pending Guinness verification. At the Pump: Rhode Island’s average regular gas price fell five cents to $4.27 a gallon, AAA Northeast reported.
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