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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 1d

yup. they should extend the tristate up to Albany and put everything north and west of that in Great Lakes

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Ted Nesi @tednesi.bsky.social · 3d

NEWSMAKERS: Dem AG candidate @keithhoffmann.bsky.social joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social + me to discuss why he's running, Craven's exit, crime, APRA - and if the US is in a constitutional crisis

Then: @waveelection.bsky.social breaks down the week's news

Watch now on 12+ and online or get the pod

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 1d

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 2d

Speaker Shekarchi spoke with Craven over the weekend and today, but did not ask him to step down as chair, according to a spokesman

South Kingstown Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee is the favorite to replace Craven as Jud chair and has expressed interest in it, but no decision made yet

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 2d

After dropping out of AG race, Rep. Craven quits committee chair, won't seek reelection

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

After dropping out of AG race, Rep. Craven quits committee chair, won't seek reelection

Craven's 2001 assault arrest forced him to abandon his campaign for attorney general last week.

www.providencejournal.com

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 2d

After dropping out of AG race, Rep. Craven quits committee chair, won't seek reelection

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

After dropping out of AG race, Rep. Craven quits committee chair, won't seek reelection

Craven's 2001 assault arrest forced him to abandon his campaign for attorney general last week.

www.providencejournal.com

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 2d

Residents battle investors and neighbors to buy $13M Portsmouth trailer park

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Residents battle investors and neighbors to buy $13M Portsmouth trailer park

Residents of the Sunny Acres mobile home park in Portsmouth want to exercise a first right of refusal to buy their land for $13 million.

www.providencejournal.com

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 3d

tbf that's 1.37xg from getting a heel to the ball while falling over for the Eze chance and a header he made slight contact with. small sample xg etc.
The carries + receptions mostly end in turnover.
Agree his runs & work rate make space for others and he'll come good, but quality lacking atm

Viktor Gyökeres vs West Ham | ALL SKILLS & DUELS🔥 | 25/26

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 4d

Still early. He'll probably go on a run. His work rate and threat creates space for others.

But his link play is average - at best - he can't beat opponents for pace and he can't get on the end of anything against THESE centerbacks? IDK

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 5d

Patients are being 'dumped' and left at RI hospitals for months, even years. Why?

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/h...

Patients are being 'dumped' and left at RI hospitals for months, even years. Why?

Due to a complex set of factors, long-term care facilities routinely refuse to let patients return after they are admitted to the hospital.

www.providencejournal.com

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 5d

Was Peter Neronha's 930am announcement he won't run for governor good news for Helena Foulkes?
Someone thought so

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 5d

Attorney General @peterfneronha.bsky.social rules out run for RI governor. What's behind the decision www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Attorney General Neronha rules out run for RI governor. What's behind the decision

Peter Neronha is term-limited in his role as attorney general and will step away from politics in 2026.

www.providencejournal.com

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 6d

Craven ends AG run as details of old arrests resurface: 'My family must always come first'

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Craven ends AG run as details of old arrests resurface: 'My family must always come first'

State Rep. Robert Craven Sr., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, previously had assault charges expunged.

www.providencejournal.com

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 7d

Cool trip and brutal look at the impact of RIPTA cuts

Miles in Transit @milesintransit.com · 7d

In one of the more fraught adventures we've had in recent memory, Nathan and I attempt to travel from New York to Boston on transit...via Block Island! youtu.be/sw6Yv9k5kZ0

From New York to Boston...via Block Island?

Well yeah, how ELSE would you go?? Please fill out the survey and petition regarding RIPTA's service cuts here: https://pvdstreets.org/save-ripta/ RIPTA's Flex On Demand song:…

youtu.be

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 7d

Gov McKee urges House and Senate leaders to schedule oversight hearings "on the progress that we have made to date in demolition and design" for a new Washington Bridge.

As to what happened to the old one, lawsuit still precludes such discussion, he says.

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 9d

yet only 2% of Rogan listeners view him favorably. Maybe they just really want to vote against him

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 9d

McKee facing hard questions and new legislative hearing over Wash Bridge report

Says lawyers told him not to release forensic analysis of bridge failure.

Speaker Shekarchi "deeply troubled by the findings"

Gov McKee "No one was hiding the report"

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

McKee facing hard questions, legislative hearing for 'hiding' analysis of Washington Bridge

'Day of Reckoning' delayed? McKee is facing hard questions from both ends of the political spectrum after the Washington Bridge audit, was made public.

www.providencejournal.com

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 9d

New @UNHSurveyCenter poll:
Helena Foulkes 35%
Dan McKee 19%
Other: 6%
Undecided: 40%

McKee job approval 24%. Was 19% in May

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Foulkes leads McKee in new poll as Washington Bridge hurts incumbent

The Washington Bridge, education and the economy: These are the issues voters are using to evaluate candidates for RI's governor

www.providencejournal.com

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 9d

State Rep. Robert Craven jumps into RI attorney general race

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

State Rep. Robert Craven jumps into RI attorney general race

Robert Craven, a North Kingstown Democrat, was a state prosecutor under three state attorneys general.

www.providencejournal.com

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 12d

The forensic report on the demise of the Washington Bridge has been released after a year and a half of secrecy.

It finds widespread failure to address decades of problems by numerous groups involved with the bridge -- including state officials

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Forensic report of Washington Bridge failure finds problems decades in the making

The report from April 2024 was commissioned by Gov. Dan McKee and kept secret until now.

www.providencejournal.com

Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 13d

The PVD train station park was among sites considered for the archives.

Planners passed on it due to "risk of explosions or accidents involving toxic and hazardous materials" and train vibrations

Site on State St. would have lost parking spaces

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

New, slimmed down state archives building proposed to hold RI's state treasures

The secretary of state wants $60 million for the archives, including work at URI, down from more than $100 million in 2024

www.providencejournal.com

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 13d

New smaller RI State archives and history center plan from @risecstate.bsky.social is out

Proposal calls for 2-story, $45M building to house historical treasures across the street from the State House.

Prior 4-story, $102M plan deemed too expensive

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

New, slimmed down state archives building proposed to hold RI's state treasures

The secretary of state wants $60 million for the archives, including work at URI, down from more than $100 million in 2024

www.providencejournal.com

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 13d

Can't work. just listening to rain

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 14d

State Rep. Edie Ajello endorses @jefflevy.us in PVD City Council Ward 2 special election

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Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social · 14d

Much has been made of how expensive subsidized affordable housing in RI has become.
Meanwhile in market-rate development:

12-story Dyer Street apartment project overlooking Providence pedestrian bridge approved for $11M in state tax credits

www.providencejournal.com/story/busine...

This 12-story apartment building in downtown Providence will get $11M in tax credits

The 12-story building on Dyer St. will have 214-units and overlook the Providence River.

www.providencejournal.com

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