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Rhode Island closer to changing state name over slavery
The country's smallest state has thelongest official name: "State of Rhode Island and ProvidencePlantations."
Now, a push to drop "Providence Plantations" from that namehas advanced further than ever before. House lawmakers voted 70-3on Thursday to allow Rhode Island voters to decide whether theirhome should be simply known as the "State of Rhode Island."
The bill now heads to the...
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