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![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] The Warwick City Council approved Mayor Frank Picozzi's $380M FY26 budget Thursday, with a few changes that did not affect additional school funds, the bottom line or estimated tax rates.](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAPoAAADkAQAAAACZSwR7AAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAeSURBVFjD7cGBAAAAAMOg+VNf4QBVAQAAAAAAAPAaHWQAAUjam4AAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
Council OKs $380M FY26 Budget, $196M for Schools
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council voted 8-1 approving Mayor Frank Picozzi’s $380M FY26 budget, with some amendments moving funds from line items into the paving budget, without altering […]
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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence.](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAPoAAAC8AQAAAAB5lo7hAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAcSURBVFjD7cExAQAAAMKg9U/taQmgAAAAAAAAbhg8AAGKF5l6AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)
RI House OKs Utilities Buying Nuclear Power
STATE HOUSE — Tuesday, the RI House approved legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr. (D-Dist. 22, Warwick) allowing public utilities to purchase clean, safe nuclear power, at a […]
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Warwick Weekend May 21: Gaspee Days, Cars
Your event’s not here? You probably didn’t enter it into our calendar. Add your event to make sure we don’t miss it, then e-mail editor@warwickpost.com to give us a heads-up. […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] The Warwick City Council approved Mayor Frank Picozzi's $380M FY26 budget Thursday, with a few changes that did not affect additional school funds, the bottom line or estimated tax rates.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FY26-Budget-Council-Schools-Funding-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RI-State-House.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
![[Credit: WP Composite] This week's Warwick Weekend Events include an arts and crafts festival, fundraiser car wash, fundraiser car show, and dinos.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warwick-Weekend-Events-May-20-2025-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Business
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Suzy Q’s Summit General Opens
COVENTRY, RI — Not long after Suzy Quattrocchi and Town Council members cut the ribbon at Suzy Q’s Summit General, 25 Old Summit Road, more than 100 hungry people from […]
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RI Senate OKs Medical Licensing Backlog Bill
STATE HOUSE — The Senate today approved legislation introduced by Sen. Peter A. Appollonio Jr. (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) to address the state’s medical licensing backlog, authorizing the Department of Health […]
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Muto A ‘Maybe’ on June 2 Food Truck Bid
WARWICK, RI — Warwick City Councilman Bill Muto, recently recovered from food poisoning, says his vote on the Food Truck Bid June 2 is a ‘maybe,’ pending changes to how […]
![[CREDIT: RI State House] Sen. Peter A. Appollonio Jr. (D-Dist. 29, Warwick)'s bill authorizes the DOH director to approve back-logged license applications.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RI-Sen.-Peter-appollonio-1-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] City Councilman Bill Muto says he's a maybe on a June 2 food truck bid vote.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Muto-Sawtooth-Budget-Commission-Meet-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Schools
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Council OKs $380M FY26 Budget, $196M for Schools
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council voted 8-1 approving Mayor Frank Picozzi’s $380M FY26 budget, with some amendments moving funds from line items into the paving budget, without altering […]
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Warwick Schools Budget: Picozzi Contributes $2M, Council Reviews FY26
WARWICK, RI — Hours after Warwick Teachers protested outside Warwick City Hall urging officials to increase the Warwick Schools budget, Mayor Frank Picozzi increased school funding to $2.1 million. The […]
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McCaffrey: Full $144M City School Funds Needed to Defeat Deficits
WARWICK, RI — Warwick School officials reviewed recent progress righting their FY26 budget at a special City Council meeting Wednesday, reiterating the need for $144,994,755 in school funds requested in […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borklowski] Warwick City Hall on Post Road. The Warwick City Council's first meeting adjusts rules on meeting agendas, moving public comment one item later, and preserves a rule cited in a First Amendment Lawsuit against the Council.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Warwick-City-Hall-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] At right, Acting Superintendent William McCaffrey addresses City Councilman Bill Muto.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warwick-Schools-FY26-Budget-1-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
All Politics are Local
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RI ‘Hands Off!’ Protestors: ‘Ho-Ho, Donald Trump Has Got to Go!’
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Islanders in four Ocean State locations were among millions nationwide turning out for ‘Hands Off!’ protests against the Musk – Trump Coup seizing Congressional powers, defying […]
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Tassoni: Cannabis Profits Should Aid Overdose Prevention, Education & Treatment
Where does the money from Rhode Island’s cannabis sales go? As President and CEO at The Leadership Council for Substance Abuse and Mental Health of Rhode Island, I would like to […]
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You’re Not Alone: Trump Coup Opposition Is Growing
The President Donald J. Trump Coup is angling for Congress’s Constitutional spending power, ignoring Judicial independence, dismantling federal agencies, and claimed the punchline from French surrender jokes by handing Russia […]
![[CREDIT: Jeni Luther] Thousands of people swelled the streets in Providence April 5 to tell the Musk -Trump Coup to take their hands off Americans' freedoms, security, voting rights, Medicare, Social Security and powers not granted in the U.S. Constitution during the national Hands Off protest.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Providence-Hands-Off-Protest-3-April-5-2025-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
![[CREDIT: Women Forward] On March 1, the Women Forward grassroots political action group hosted a Livestream roundtable discussion with Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) & Rob Shriver, former Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) discussing opposition to the Trump Coup.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Women-Forward-Raskin-Trump-Coup-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Police and Fire
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CPD Arrests Man For Coventry Drug Cache May 21
COVENTRY, RI — Coventry Police arrested a 34-year-ol Flat River Road man Wednesday, May 21 for possession with intent to deliver a Coventry drug cache including Cocaine, Fentanyl, Meth and […]
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Coventry Man Indicted for April 22 Fentanyl Trafficking
PROVIDENCE – A Coventry man has bee indicted on two counts of fentanyl trafficking stemming from an April 22 arrest following warrant searches of his Providence and Coventry homes. Rhode […]
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Speeding U-Haul Driver Arrested For Stealing It April 3
WARWICK, RI — Officer Michael C. Bailey was patrolling Rte. 95 in Warwick April 3 at 8:33 p.m. when he spotted a speeding U-Haul truck with Arizona plates traveling 10 […]
![[CREDIT: CPD] CPD arrested a Flat River Road Man Wednesday after discovering his Coventry drug cache of cocaine, fentanyl, meth an testosterone.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Coventry-Drug-Cache-arrest-May-21-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court in Providence. A Providence man will be sentenced July 24 for his admitted part in a Land Rover credit fraud scheme in RI & NH.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Courthouse-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WPD-cruiser-left-336x237-1.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)