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Rhode Island to remove ‘and Providence Plantations’ from official state name and documents

By Anthony Leonardi
Published June 22, 2020 4:01pm ET
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Rhode Island to remove ‘and Providence Plantations’ from official state name and documents
At first, Gina Raimondo thought solving Rhode Island's pension problem was just a matter of math: Billions of dollars of unfunded benefits were owed to the state's teachers, police officers, firefighters and others. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) | Michael Dwyer

Rhode Island plans to remove part of its state name from official documents and agency websites.

Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, announced Monday that she will be signing an executive order to remove part of her state’s title, “and Providence Plantations,” from official documents after critics said it unnecessarily evokes the legacy of slavery.

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