Tamara Sacharczyk

1 week ago | turnto10.com | Tamara Sacharczyk

(WJAR) — The closure of Anchor Medical Associates has thrust Rhode Island's primary care shortage into the spotlight, as the state scrambles to address a shortage of doctors spurred by low reimbursement rates and increasing job demands. It’s an issue that’s been building for years as older doctors retire and fewer doctors enter the field. According to data from the Rhode Island Department of Health, Rhode Island has about 520 primary care physicians, 300 short of what the state should have.

1 week ago | turnto10.com | Tamara Sacharczyk

(WJAR) — One year after a multi-million-dollar bailout, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, or RIPTA, is asking the state legislature for another major contribution. RIPTA wants $32 million to close the agency’s budget deficit, following last year’s $15 million investment from the state’s unspent pandemic funds. The NBC 10 I-Team asked RIPTA CEO Christopher Durand why the state should continue to bailout the agency.

2 weeks ago | turnto10.com | Tamara Sacharczyk

As offshore wind turbines rise from the waters off the Northeast coast, so do questions about their impact beneath the surface. In Southern New England, offshore wind turbines first went up in 2016 off Block Island. A year later, the National Marine Fisheries Service declared an Unusual Mortality Event for humpback whales along the Atlantic Coast as whale deaths surged from Maine to Florida.

3 weeks ago | turnto10.com | Tamara Sacharczyk

1 month ago | turnto10.com | Tamara Sacharczyk

A retired Providence fire lieutenant has won nearly $2 million in damages in a lawsuit against the city over her accidental disability pension, nearly a decade after winning $800,000 in a separate sexual harassment and retaliation case. With interest and legal fees, Lori Franchina, who served as a rescue lieutenant on the Providence Fire Department from 2002 to 2013, is expected to be awarded between $4 and $5 million.