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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 16h

R.I.’s sportsbook market may open up to competition next year. Here’s who’s waiting in the wings. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/08/r...

R.I.’s sportsbook market may open up to competition next year. Here’s who’s waiting in the wings. • Rhode Island Current

State gambling regulators are laying the groundwork to possibly expand online sports betting options beyond the single app run by Rhode Island’s exclusive lottery equipment and technology provider.

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COMMENTARY: "My parents taught me that storytelling isn’t just personal," writes Marcus Rivers. "It is political."

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At a routine oversight hearing Tuesday before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with Democratic senators, including Rhode Island's Sheldon Whitehouse. By @ashleymurray.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/07/r...

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown • Rhode Island Current

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday clashed with Democratic senators, including Rhode Island's Sheldon Whitehouse, over the Trump administration’s deployment of federal agents and the DOJ’s handling...

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Bondi declined to answer Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse when he asked, “What became of the $50,000 in cash that the FBI delivered evidently in a paper bag to Mr. Homan?” By @ashleymurray.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/07/r...

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown • Rhode Island Current

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue citie...

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Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/07/r...

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown • Rhode Island Current

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to...

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The Providence City Council’s Committee on Ordinance voted Monday to advance a proposal introduced by Councilor Justin Roias last January to impose new limits on how police officers can cooperate with ICE. By @krish-eh.bsky.social

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Providence officials want to further prohibit police cooperation with ICE • Rhode Island Current

Providence City Council committee votes to advance a proposal to impose new limits on how the city's police can cooperate with ICE

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Brown cuts staff to deal with impact of federal threats to funding • Rhode Island Current

Brown University will fire 48 staff and leave 55 vacancies unfilled, trimming 2.5% in spending to close a $30 million gap in fiscal year 2026 amid federal funding threats.

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Public has chance to weigh in on state’s lease renewal for DCYF headquarters rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/publi...

Public has chance to weigh in on state's lease renewal for DCYF headquarters • Rhode Island Current

A public hearing on the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families new 10-year lease for its Providence headquarters is scheduled.

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Municipal electric plan customers see slight savings over RI Energy winter rates rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/munic...

Municipal electric plan customers see slight savings over RI Energy winter rates • Rhode Island Current

The winter electricity rates for community aggregation plans, available by choice in seven participating Rhode Island municipalities, are .5% lower than the usage rates for Rhode Island Energy custome...

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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 · 7d

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 · 7d

Shutdown standoff in US Senate extends as thousands of federal workers are sent home. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/01/r...

Shutdown standoff in US Senate extends as thousands of federal workers are sent home • Rhode Island Current

U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans remained at a stalemate Wednesday as government offices closed and hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced furloughs on the first day of a government shutd...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 7d

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 · 7d

URI Police gain accreditation. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/uri-p...

URI Police gain accreditation • Rhode Island Current

After a four-year review process, the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) 27-member police department is now accredited by the state’s premier law enforcement standards organization for the first time ...

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Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com · 8d

Senate voted 55-45 on GOP bill to fund the government for seven weeks and 47-53 on Democratic stopgap proposal to keep the lights on for a month and included several health care provisions. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social & @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
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Midnight federal shutdown edges closer as US Senate fails to agree on spending bills • Rhode Island Current

The U.S. Senate failed to advance two short-term government funding bills Tuesday when Democrats and Republicans deadlocked for the second time this month, with just hours to go before a shutdown that...

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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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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 · 8d

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 · 8d

Maine GOP Sen. Collins says Trump should be sued by GAO for illegally canceling funds. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/30/r...

Maine GOP Sen. Collins says Trump should be sued by GAO for illegally canceling funds • Rhode Island Current

Maine's Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee said Tuesday the Government Accountability Office should sue the Trump administration over its effort...

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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 · 8d

"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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“There’s no question that we felt handcuffed when we held our previous oversight hearings,” Sen. Mark McKenney, a Warwick Democrat who chairs the chamber’s Committee on Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight, said. 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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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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Court receiver wants to break lease with Providence Place movie operator. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/29/c...

Court receiver wants to break lease with Providence Place movie operator • Rhode Island Current

The court-appointed receiver for the Providence Place Mall is looking to find a new movie theater operator before Showcase Cinemas' parent company ends its lease on Jan. 31, 2026. The search comes ami...

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