AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoRhode Island Education & Tech-in-Action: Portsmouth students are getting hands-on science and tech lessons at AGInnovation Farm, a partnership with the Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District that ties growing food to support for local food banks. Local Health & Research: A URI public health professor is pushing a better way to study homelessness, highlighting “hidden homelessness” (people who are “doubling up”) that gets missed by federal counts. Ocean & Climate Tech: A new climate round-up spotlights the environmental pressure from data centers as AI booms, and also flags the Trump administration’s move to dismantle a deep-ocean observation network. Environment & Consumer Safety: A state-by-state crackdown on PFAS (“forever chemicals”) is accelerating, with Rhode Island among the states moving ahead on disclosure and restrictions. Medical Breakthrough: Brown University Health is discussing an experimental pill for advanced pancreatic cancer that targets RAS mutations, reporting improved survival versus chemotherapy alone. Policy Watch (RI): The Rhode Island House approved a $15.2B FY27 budget, including a phased-in millionaire’s tax and added funding for healthcare, families, and transit. AI Governance: Regulators are raising expectations for insurers’ AI use, with cybersecurity warnings that frontier AI could speed up cyber threats. STEM Pipeline: Unitil’s scholarship fund awarded STEM grants to New England students, including a URI-bound student studying public health.
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