Hummel Report Archive for December 2009
Deadly Consequences 12.2.2009
Last March a van full of Connecticut College students set out from New London at 3:30 a.m. for a medical missions trip to Uganda. They were 8 miles into their ride to Logan Airport when a man who later admitted to drinking at Mohegan Sun Casino plowed head-on into them, killing a 20-year-old premed student who had organized the trip. This week Jim Hummel speaks exclusively with a student from Barrington who was in the van. She talks publicly for the first time about how the aftermath of the crash has affected her life, about drinking policies at the casino and Twin River’s recent decision to extend gaming to 24 hours a day here in Rhode Island.
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Putting a Finger on the Problem 12.10.2009
In the post-September 11th-era, Rhode Island began requiring job applicants in many fields to be fingerprinted as a condition of employment. But tightening budgets and staff cutbacks have led to huge fingerprinting backlogs in some of the larger communities - delaying some people's opportunity to work again. This week Jim Hummel finds that many officials were unaware of the problem until the Hummel Report brought it to their attention - and now they're beginning to do something about it.
Visit RI Data to see how much your town spends on fingerprinting
- search your town or keyword "fingerprint" HERE
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Cracks in the Concrete 12.17.2009
Over the past decade, while the new Barrington Bridge became the poster child for what could go wrong with a state construction project, the smaller Warren Bridge half a mile down Route 114 largely escaped public scorn and scrutiny. It opened a month before its more famous neighbor to the north, but The Hummel Report has discovered that even before the first car crossed the new pavement, the state and contractor were faced with cracks in some of the concrete, which you can see in this week’s video. How serious is it? Jim Hummel goes to the state Department of Transportation for answers.
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Whatever Happened… 12.31.2009
Since we launched The Hummel Report in mid-October many people have asked that we give them periodic updates on our investigations. So this week, as
2009 draws to a close, Jim Hummel takes a look back –from our first piece on a police officer who has been on paid leave for 13 years…to a building on the state prison grounds that sits vacant, even though the government spent $17 million to refurbish it.
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Follow these links for stories from previous months:
October 2009
November 2009
