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With Rhode Island gubernatorial primary more than 10 months out, many voters still undecided. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/m...
McKee's approval sinks lower; Foulkes leads in early Democratic primary polling • Rhode Island Current
Nearly half of Rhode Island Democrats surveyed in a new Ocean State Poll said they're undecided in the 2026 governor’s race.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
With Rhode Island gubernatorial primary more than 10 months out, many voters still undecided. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/m...
Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans. Via @statesnewsroom.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/r...
Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — A coalition suing to block President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education expanded its lawsuit Tuesday to include objections to recent interagency agreemen...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans. Via @statesnewsroom.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/r...
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/r...
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress who released a video in mid-November telling members of the military that they are not required to follow illegal orders announced Tuesday the Federal Burea...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/r...
@peterneronha.bsky.social co-leads lawsuit over new HUD policy that would shift Continuum of Care funding away from permanent housing toward transitional housing and "lead to predictably disastrous results." By @krish-eh.bsky.social
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Neronha co-leads suit over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness • Rhode Island Current
Nineteen attorneys general and two governors filed suit in Rhode Island on Tuesday to stop the Trump administration from shifting nearly $4 billion in housing grants, a policy change they say could pu...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
@peterneronha.bsky.social co-leads lawsuit over new HUD policy that would shift Continuum of Care funding away from permanent housing toward transitional housing and "lead to predictably disastrous results." By @krish-eh.bsky.social
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“It’s very upsetting, but eventually — I hate to say something so callous — but fish or cut bait," Chief Judge Stacey Jernigan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas said at a hearing Tuesday in Dallas. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/f...
‘Fish or cut bait,’ federal bankruptcy judge tells prospective buyers for Roger Williams and Fatima • Rhode Island Current
Pressure is mounting, and time is running out for the long-delayed sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, with bankrupt owner Prospect Medical Holdings setting a Dec. 1...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“It’s very upsetting, but eventually — I hate to say something so callous — but fish or cut bait," Chief Judge Stacey Jernigan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas said at a hearing Tuesday in Dallas. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/f...
The League of RI Businesses has an 'unprecedented’ 40 PAC strategy that lets business group skirt campaign finance donation limits. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/h...
How to win elections and influence the State House? The League of RI Businesses has a plan. • Rhode Island Current
New conservative-leaning business group, The League of RI Businesses, has opened 40 political action committees to skirt campaign donation limits and funnel large sums of money to its chosen candidate...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The League of RI Businesses has an 'unprecedented’ 40 PAC strategy that lets business group skirt campaign finance donation limits. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/h...
DEM report: R.I. must speed up lowering carbon emissions to meet Act on Climate mandates rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/24/d...
DEM report: R.I. must speed up lowering carbon emissions to meet Act on Climate mandates • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island will need to speed up its shift away from fossil fuels in order to meet the 2030 decarbonization mandate set by the Act on Climate Law, according to a new report measuring 2023 greenhouse...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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COMMENTARY: Members of the new Newport Hospital birthing center Community Advisory Panel were asked to sign confidentiality agreements, mom who declined invitation to join says. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/23/b...
Brown University Health could have made Newport Hospital birthing center study group more inclusive • Rhode Island Current
A local mom wonders if there’s more that can be done by Brown University Health to make its newly appointed Community Advisory Panel on the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center feel like a community-w...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
COMMENTARY: Members of the new Newport Hospital birthing center Community Advisory Panel were asked to sign confidentiality agreements, mom who declined invitation to join says. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/23/b...
Update: Trump taunted Greene in a social media post early Saturday morning, rolling out nicknames he developed for her after the start of their feud. Via @georgiarecorder.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January • Rhode Island Current
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, a Rome Republican, announced her plans to resign from Congress Friday evening in an unexpected video message. Greene, who was first elected in Georgia’s ...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Update: Trump taunted Greene in a social media post early Saturday morning, rolling out nicknames he developed for her after the start of their feud. Via @georgiarecorder.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
ICYMI: Rhode Island housing leaders and homeless care providers are raising the alarm over a new Trump administration directive they say could put over 1,000 formerly unhoused Rhode Islanders back out on the street.
R.I. housing leaders warn HUD policy change could increase homelessness across the state • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island housing leaders warn that new guidelines from the Trump Administration will force more than 1,000 formerly homeless Rhode Islanders out of their homes and back out the street.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ICYMI: Rhode Island housing leaders and homeless care providers are raising the alarm over a new Trump administration directive they say could put over 1,000 formerly unhoused Rhode Islanders back out on the street.
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January. By @georgiarecorder.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January • Rhode Island Current
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, a Rome Republican, announced her plans to resign from Congress Friday evening in an unexpected video message. Greene, who was first elected in Georgia’s ...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January. By @georgiarecorder.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
COMMENTARY: Tens of thousands of compliant hemp businesses could be shut down under the hemp ban passed by Congress. Not for breaking the rules, but for following them, Lovewell Farms co-founder Mike Simpson writes.
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What the hemp ban means for small family farms • Rhode Island Current
When Congress moved to reopen the federal government, it slipped a hemp ban into the bill that redefines hemp so narrowly it could end up shutting down tens of thousands of compliant hemp businesses, ...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
COMMENTARY: Tens of thousands of compliant hemp businesses could be shut down under the hemp ban passed by Congress. Not for breaking the rules, but for following them, Lovewell Farms co-founder Mike Simpson writes.
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National report warns holiday toy dangers persist, now including AI. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/c...
Choking hazards, toxic resin and unfiltered AI teddy bears, oh my! New report lists toy dangers. • Rhode Island Current
A teddy bear, colorful beads and a Disney princess jewelry kit look like fun toys for kids to play with. But they’re also among the most dangerous, according to the latest “Trouble in Toyland” report ...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
National report warns holiday toy dangers persist, now including AI. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/c...
Centurion Foundation CEO asks state to cut talks with Prime Healthcare, alleging sabotage of its hospital deal. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
Roger Williams and Fatima buyer plays it cool in public but excoriates regulators in private emails • Rhode Island Current
Private emails between The Centurion Foundation CEO Ben Mingle and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha show a behind-the-scenes feud over the state's courtship of Prime Healthcare, and the del...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Centurion Foundation CEO asks state to cut talks with Prime Healthcare, alleging sabotage of its hospital deal. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean? By @fischler.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean? • Rhode Island Current
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befuddled advocates and lawmakers, coming mere days after recipients...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean? By @fischler.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
“Unfortunately, we had some warning this was the direction they were going in, but you try not to believe it until it’s real,” Crossroads Rhode Island CEO Michelle Wilcox said in an interview Thursday. “Now it’s real.” By @krish-eh.bsky.social
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R.I. housing leaders warn HUD policy change could increase homelessness across the state • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island housing leaders warn that new guidelines from the Trump Administration will force more than 1,000 formerly homeless Rhode Islanders out of their homes and back out the street.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Unfortunately, we had some warning this was the direction they were going in, but you try not to believe it until it’s real,” Crossroads Rhode Island CEO Michelle Wilcox said in an interview Thursday. “Now it’s real.” By @krish-eh.bsky.social
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Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death.' By @ashleymurray.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/20/r...
Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition on social media Thursday and threatened them with punishment as severe as death, after they appeared in a video message...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death.' By @ashleymurray.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/20/r...
COMMENTARY: Despite SouthCoast Wind setback, offshore wind will lower power prices rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/20/d...
Despite SouthCoast Wind setback, offshore wind will lower power prices • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island needs stronger leadership to meet the state’s climate targets, get off the roller coaster of high power prices caused by over-dependence on gas and hold Rhode Island Energy accountable.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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The failings aboard the 984-foot-long cargo ship Dali occurred so close to the Key Bridge that scrambling crew members, who responded as efficiently as possible, did not have time to prevent disaster, according to the NTSB’s findings. Via @marylandmatters.org rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/r...
One loose wire caused ship blackout that toppled the Key Bridge, took six lives, NTSB says • Rhode Island Current
A single loose wire caused the initial blackout aboard the massive container ship that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, toppling its spans and killing six highway construct...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The failings aboard the 984-foot-long cargo ship Dali occurred so close to the Key Bridge that scrambling crew members, who responded as efficiently as possible, did not have time to prevent disaster, according to the NTSB’s findings. Via @marylandmatters.org rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/r...
Audit faults RIPTA for lack of transparency in financial reporting practices. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/a...
Audit faults RIPTA for lack of transparency in financial reporting practices • Rhode Island Current
A new report found the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is out of compliance with the state’s transparency law for quasi-public agencies, largely due to inconsistent financial documentation pract...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Audit faults RIPTA for lack of transparency in financial reporting practices. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/a...
Spiraling health insurance costs stymie members of US Senate panel. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/r...
Spiraling health insurance costs stymie members of US Senate panel • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators began debating how to reduce health care costs for Americans during a hearing Wednesday, where experts’ varied recommendations and comments from lawmakers previewed the rock...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Spiraling health insurance costs stymie members of US Senate panel. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/r...
Immigration officers targeting Latinos causing unlawful arrests, group says. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/r...
Immigration officers targeting Latinos causing unlawful arrests, group says • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — Federal immigration officers are making unlawful arrests in the District of Columbia because they are relying on ethnicity to identify targets, immigration advocates argued in federal cou...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Immigration officers targeting Latinos causing unlawful arrests, group says. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/r...
Here are the 12 members of a new community advisory panel that will evaluate what the future holds for Newport Hospital's award-winning labor and delivery unit starting next week. By @j9weisman.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/n...
Newport Hospital birthing center community advisory board to hold first meeting next week • Rhode Island Current
Twelve members of a new community advisory panel to evaluate what the future holds for Newport Hospital's award-winning labor and delivery unit are scheduled to hold their first meeting on Monday, Nov...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here are the 12 members of a new community advisory panel that will evaluate what the future holds for Newport Hospital's award-winning labor and delivery unit starting next week. By @j9weisman.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/n...
Federal food assistance that clients at the Refugee Dream Center in Providence and hundreds of thousands of other lawful immigrants nationwide rely on will be cut off in three months, stripped away by federal budget cuts. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/t...
They fled war and famine. Now refugees in Rhode Island worry about putting food on the table. • Rhode Island Current
Upcoming changes to federal food assistance and government health care will cut off access for thousands of lawfully present immigrants in Rhode Island, including refugees, asylum seekers and other vu...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Federal food assistance that clients at the Refugee Dream Center in Providence and hundreds of thousands of other lawful immigrants nationwide rely on will be cut off in three months, stripped away by federal budget cuts. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/19/t...
The $1.1M in proceeds from Rhode Island general treasurer's office's first unclaimed property auction in over a decade exceeded expectations. An appraisal estimated the value of all the items at $752,000. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/18/g...
Gold surge helps R.I. treasurer’s office rake in $1.1M at unclaimed property auction • Rhode Island Current
An auction of forgotten watches, rings, old coins, and other treasurers held earlier this month by the Rhode Island Office of the General Treasurer netted $1.1 million, money that will be kept in stat...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The $1.1M in proceeds from Rhode Island general treasurer's office's first unclaimed property auction in over a decade exceeded expectations. An appraisal estimated the value of all the items at $752,000. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/18/g...