Hummel Report archive for June 2010
First Year Report Card... 6.3.2010
Will it be the future of education in Rhode Island? That's a question some in academic circles are asking as the state's first `mayoral academy' finishes up its inaugural school year. This week we take a tour of Democracy Prep Blackstone Valley and Jim Hummel sits down for a conversation with the head of the school, as well as Cumberland's mayor - the driving force behind this new type of charter school. But as we found - it's not a school model everyone will embrace.
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Power Play... 6.10.2010
This week our focus is the Central Falls School Department. Not the much-publicized firing of its high school teachers; rather a long-running battle between the superintendent and Mayor Charles Moreau over the condition of the city's school buildings and a controversial repair made to one. Jim Hummel sits down with Superintendent Frances Gallo for a behind-the-scenes look at (as The Hummel Report has revealed over the past several months) an all-too-familiar pattern of action coming out of City Hall.
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The State's Response... 6.17.2010
Earlier this spring we brought you the story of one businessman's struggle to have his contaminated property cleaned up - contamination that came in part from a gas station next to his land. This week Jim Hummel speaks with the state agency overseeing the case to find out why it has stretched over so many years - and discovers it's another example of government having to do a lot more with a lot less these days.
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Working and Collecting... 6.27.2010
How is it that someone can show up for work every day at a computer repair shop and still collect unemployment benefits? That's the question we pose this week to an East Providence man - who says the business is his wife's and he doesn't take any pay for the hours he puts in there; at the same time collecting the maximum benefit allowed in Rhode Island. Jim Hummel goes to the state for answers about the unemployment insurance program, finding out what's allowed - and what may get you in trouble.
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Click HERE to view an extended interview with Ray Fillipone of the RI Department of Labor and Training.
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