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Fifty years later, local Portuguese communities celebrate end of authoritarian Estado Novo regime
Plus: The labor crisis in Rhode Island nursing homes, the week in politics, a studio session with local balladeer Gian Carlo Buscaglia, and a few things to do this week.
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Renters at Risk
Lead paint was banned in the U.S. in 1978. But hundreds of Rhode Island children are still poisoned by it every year. An investigation by the Public’s Radio found landlords rarely face consequences for failing to comply with state laws meant to protect children from exposure.