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PROVIDENCE -- "Our goal is to get people out of adjustable-[rate] loans and into fixed-[rate] loans,” said Dulce Delgado, a worker with ACORN, a Providence nonprofit group ."We work directly with the lender that they have." Rhode Island has the highest rate of seriously delinquent mortgages in New England. 
At this camp for children who have experienced the death of someone significant in their lives, some 80 children shared a commonality unlike other childhood passions exchanged over the lunchroom table.
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Special Reports
Does Ginger Collins belong in prison?
The new state budget
Slowly, Rhode Island budget cuts begin to take hold
Budget graphic: A snapshot of spending cuts
Your turn
What do you think of this year's budget?
Will this year's General Assembly action influence your vote for your legislator in November?
Labor's voice loud at State House
Most days on Smith Hill, union lobbyists far outnumber those from other interest groups.
Rhode Island School of Design's rock star
John Maeda, RISD's new president, has spent the past few weeks introducing himself -- and he's brought some high-tech upgrades to getting acquainted.
Video: John Maeda talks about his philosophy and ideas for RISD
Extras: Read John Maeda’s blog || See Maeda’s online art gallery
Your turn: What can be done to keep young people out of gangs?
Multimedia
The luck of the draw: Parents learn whether their children win spots at charter schools
Q&A: What, why and where are these schools?
Gallery: Students at, and who want to be at, charter schools
Your turn: Do you think Rhode Island needs more charter schools?
Education
News from Your Town
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Continuing Reports
Local, state government employs 1 in 6 workers in R.I.
Rhode Islanders paid their city and town employees more than $1.6 billion in 2006, a Providence Journal analysis of municipal employee records shows.
Chart: Municipal employees figures, town by town
Chart: What Rhode Island's cities' and towns' payrolls cost
Public Payroll: The Journal's ongoing analysis of Rhode Island's state and municipal employee costs
The Immigration Debate
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