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Nancy Lavin

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Rhode Island born and bred, but convinced I don't have the accent (don't tell me otherwise). Covering state politics, environment and business for Rhode Island Current.

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 15h

Otis Brown, a spokesperson for The Centurion Foundation, confirmed the Atlanta nonprofit wants a “return” of donations meant to help the hospitals before they parted ways with the foundation in 2014. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/10/c...

Charity case: Prospective buyer of Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals eyes past donations • Rhode Island Current

The Centurion Foundation, the prospective buyer of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center, has asked a charitable organization once tied to the safety net hospitals to "return" ...

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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 16h

www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi... TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Oct. 10, 2025

TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Oct. 10, 2025

Rhode Island House Speaker Joe Shekarchi talks state spending and, yes, the governor’s race

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 18h

Trump administration begins mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape the size and scope of the government. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/10/r...

‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown • Rhode Island Current

The Trump administration has begun mass layoffs of federal employees amid the ongoing government shutdown, an unprecedented move that could permanently shrink the federal workforce as Congress remains...

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Nancy Lavin @nancyklavin.bsky.social · 1d

R.I. elections board slashes campaign finance fines in the hopes of getting scofflaws to pay up rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/10/r...

R.I. elections board slashes campaign finance fines in the hopes of getting scofflaws to pay up • Rhode Island Current

The Rhode Island Board of Elections is using a new rule to reduce fines for long outstanding campaign finance violations, in the hopes that smaller amounts will persuade candidates and officeholders t...

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 1d

Six teachers resigned on Tuesday from a Catholic school in Warwick, R.I., the Diocese of Providence confirmed on Thursday.
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Six teachers ‘voluntarily’ resign from Catholic school in Warwick, R.I., diocese says - The Boston Globe

The Diocese of Providence did not offer specific reasons for the resignations, but said, “All diocesan employees are also expected to uphold and follow our policies and procedures.”

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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 1d

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Rhode Island Health Officials Urge COVID Vaccination for All Ages Despite New CDC Guidance

As flu and COVID season returns, the CDC now limits vaccine recommendations to those over 65, but Rhode Island’s health department is taking a broader approach—allowing pharmacists to immunize younger...

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Nancy Lavin @nancyklavin.bsky.social · 2d

Half as many Rhode Islanders have gotten their COVID shots this year, compared with the same time last year. Are federal guidelines to blame?
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Rhode Islanders are slow to get the COVID-19 shot this year. Are federal guidelines to blame? • Rhode Island Current

Half as many Rhode Islanders have gotten the COVID-19 booster this year compared with this time a year ago. Public health experts blame federal misinformation for sowing distrust and impeding access t...

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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 4d

Robert Craven resigns as House Judiciary Committee chair

Nancy Lavin @nancyklavin.bsky.social · 4d

Energy savings for nearly 1M households and hundreds of thousands of union jobs are in jeopardy under the abrupt cancellation of EPA solar energy grants, per a lawsuit filed Monday by @riaflcio.bsky.social and other groups rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/06/r...

RI labor leaders, nonprofit lawyers sue EPA for canceling $7B in solar energy grants • Rhode Island Current

Rhode Island AFL-CIO and RI Center for Justice part of coalition suing EPA over cancelation of $7B in federal funding for solar projects.

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Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 4d

As the Providence City Council crafts its rent control ordinance, they have to decide how much the annual rent limit would be, who will be exempt, and whether to allow higher increases in between tenants.

Here's how other places do it ⬇️
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Nancy Lavin @nancyklavin.bsky.social · 5d

An Instagram poster pulled the mask off the Washington Bridge audit. Their identity remains hidden. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/06/a...

An Instagram poster pulled the mask off the Washington Bridge audit. Their identity remains hidden. • Rhode Island Current

The Washington Bridge audit report cast a harsh spotlight on the Rhode Island officials who failed to notice or remedy the highway’s deteriorating condition. Still in the shadows: whoever leaked a por...

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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 7d

By @kateselig.bsky.social -- Energy Department cancels funding for New England energy projects. The list of terminations included several New England colleges such as the University of Rhode Island, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and UConn.

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Trump administration terminates funding for dozens of New England energy projects - The Boston Globe

The previously-approved funds would have gone toward clean energy projects by New England-based organizations, including deploying electric school buses and cutting the cost of solar panels.

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Alexander Castro @ohnocastro.bsky.social · 8d

A dive into this year's 2025 RICAS: Some lessons from Mississippi, and of course some friendly rivalry with the Commonwealth
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Rhode Island students test scores inch up, but still chasing Massachusetts • Rhode Island Current

Rhode Island students’ standardized test scores moved up this year, outpacing pre-pandemic proficiency in math. English Language Arts proficiency, however, remains harder to budge upward.

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Nancy Lavin @nancyklavin.bsky.social · 8d

Shutdown means no money for Justice Department to file court documents, lawyers contend rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/02/s...

Shutdown means no money for Justice Department to file court documents, lawyers contend • Rhode Island Current

U.S. Department of Justice attorneys representing the Trump administration in a lawsuit filed by Rhode Island and Connecticut attorneys general over the Revolution Wind project insist they need more t...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 9d

SNAP has federal funding appropriations through October. WIC is set to continue through the shutdown “subject to the availability of funding.” Unused grant funding from previous years can be used to cover gap in coverage. Via @iowacapitaldispatch.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/01/r...

What the government shutdown means for USDA agencies • Rhode Island Current

More than half of USDA staff will be furloughed during the government shutdown. Some key programs will persist through the shutdown.

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 9d

White House warns of ‘imminent’ mass layoffs in government shutdown. Via @statesnewsroom.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/01/r...

White House warns of ‘imminent’ mass layoffs in government shutdown • Rhode Island Current

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday the administration is looking for ways to get a handful of additional U.S. Senate Democrats to vote for Republicans’ stopgap spending bill to reopen...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 9d

After a long-awaited forensic audit showed the state was partially to blame for the closure of the Washington Bridge, Gov. Dan McKee says Bring on another oversight hearing. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/mckee...

McKee: Bring on another Washington Bridge oversight hearing • Rhode Island Current

Gov. Dan McKee is urging legislative leaders to hold an oversight hearing on his administration’s handling of the Washington Bridge closure after a long-awaited forensic audit showed the state was par...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 10d

About 750,000 federal workers will be furloughed in shutdown, nonpartisan CBO projects. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/30/r...

About 750,000 federal workers will be furloughed in shutdown, nonpartisan CBO projects • Rhode Island Current

WASHINGTON — A government shutdown could have significant economic consequences, though an analysis released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it’s difficult to pinpoint rami...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 10d

Ethics panel OKs lawmaker gift limit increase, explicitly makes all lobbyists subject to gift rules. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social
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New limits on gifts for lawmakers and who can give them are coming in the new year • Rhode Island Current

The Rhode Island Ethics Commission on Tuesday approved two proposed rule changes regarding gifts given to public officials: one which is likely to please some state lawmakers, and the other to satisfy...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 10d

R.I. AG Peter Neronha has his chosen successor for 2026 already picked. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/30/a...

Anticipated field of AG candidates includes two Democrats so far with another in the wings • Rhode Island Current

As the race to replace Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha in 2026 begins to shape up, the term-limited AG has already made his choice on who he thinks should succeed him: his most recent poli...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 10d

Neronha grants fourth revision to Roger Williams, Fatima hospital deal., By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/30/n...

Neronha grants fourth revision to Roger Williams, Fatima hospital deal • Rhode Island Current

Centurion Foundation, the Atlanta nonprofit trying to buy Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, still can't find investors to back the bonds needed to close the $165 million d...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 10d

"If you’re asking everyday Rhode Islanders what they care about, they want to see a doctor. They don’t care about Brown Health being too big," says @peterneronha.bsky.social
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AG leverages regulatory review to tackle Rhode Island’s primary care shortage • Rhode Island Current

Brown University Health will take on 40,000 new primary care patients and hire 27 more providers in exchange for permission from Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha to merge with Brown Physici...

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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 10d

thepublicsradio.org/criminal-jus... Rhode Island’s big swing at police reform, LEOBOR, is slow to make change, via Ben Berke

Rhode Island’s big swing at police reform is slow to make change - TPR: The Public's Radio

Around the time of George Floyd’s murder in the spring of 2020, Providence had its own incident that fueled protests and allegations of police brutality. Joseph Hanley, a Providence police sergeant, ...

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Sam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com · 11d

Truly wild crosstabs on whether Shekarchi should run for governor, strongest support among self-identified socialists and Rogan listeners. scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...

Polling on whether RI Speaker Joe Shekarchi should run for governor.

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 11d

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Senate President Valarie Lawson said they were “deeply troubled by the findings” of the Washington Bridge forensic audit. By @krish-eh.bsky.social
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McKee faces backlash for keeping Washington Bridge forensic audit secret for over a year • Rhode Island Current

Legislative leaders on Monday called for yet another oversight hearing on Gov. Dan McKee's handling of the 2023 closure of the westbound Washington Bridge, three days after the a long-awaited forensic...

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