News to You
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![[CREDIT: RIDOT] Funding for the westbound Washington Bridge rebuild has been re-secured after President Donald Trump froze funding in January.](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAPoAAADkAQAAAACZSwR7AAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAeSURBVFjD7cGBAAAAAMOg+VNf4QBVAQAAAAAAAPAaHWQAAUjam4AAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
McKee: All $220.9M Washington Bridge Funding Secured
PROVIDENCE, RI — Thursday, Gov. Dan McKee announced that the State of Rhode Island and the federal government have formally signed the agreement for the $220.9 million Mega-INFRA grants to […]
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RI Delegation Thaws $30M Washington Bridge Funds
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $30 million of $220.9 million in federal funding for the westbound Washington Bridge […]
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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)
School Transport Vans Bill In Senate 2nd Time
STATE HOUSE — The RI House has again OK’d legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) that would allow more passengers on public school transport vans. […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOT] Funding for the westbound Washington Bridge rebuild has been re-secured after President Donald Trump froze funding in January.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RIDOT-Washington-Bridge-Rebuild-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)
Business
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Kent Hospital President Joins PACE-RI Board
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — Dr. Paari Gopalakrishnan, President and Chief Operating Officer of Kent Hospital, has joined the PACE-RI board of directors. In the role, Gopalakrishnan will help guide PACE […]
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Trump Guts CFPB, Leaving Military Families Defenseless
WASHINGTON, DC — As an officer in the 82nd Airborne Division, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) was dismayed his troops were cheated by predatory lenders, so he knows Americans and military […]
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Imperial, ReadyCare Shakes Recalled for Listeria
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns that Imperial and ReadyCare Shakes recalled may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Lyons Magnus, a food product company headquartered […]
![[CREDIT: CFPB] President Trump has removed the CFPB's staff, funding and offices, leaving Americans and military families alone against predatory lenders and other cheats and scams.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CFPB-250x228.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
![[CREDIT: LyonsMagnus] Imperial and ReadyCare shakes recalled for Listeria risk were primarily sold to long-term care facilities.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lyons-Magnus-ReadyCare-Shakes-Recalled-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Schools
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Kuntze Named to Warwick Schools Budget Commission
WARWICK, RI — Gov. Dan McKee is expected to sign the Warwick Schools Budget Commission legislation into law (2025-S 0242), and Sherri Kuntze, audit Manager at Cavanagh CPAs & Associates, […]
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School Transport Vans Bill In Senate 2nd Time
STATE HOUSE — The RI House has again OK’d legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) that would allow more passengers on public school transport vans. […]
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Bill Would Codify 504 Education Plans in RI Law
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) has introduced legislation that would make federally mandated 504 education plans part of state law. ‘Now that 17 states have […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The RI State House. RIDOH warns COVID-19 masks are a must as spread is likely outside the home. Gov. Raimondo also announced RI will be expanding COVID-19 Tests.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RI-State-House-COVID-19-small-business-aid-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
All Politics are Local
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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 […]
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MLK Day: Whats Open?
More than 50 years after Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr., MLK , was assassinated in Memphis outside the Lorraine Motel room where he was organizing a crusade against […]
![[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)
![[CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial in Washington D.C. By King's reckoning, the evils of racism, poverty and war were intertwined, and King was determined to oppose them all.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Martin-Luther-King-DC-Monument-2011-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Police and Fire
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Trio Charged in Ford F-150 Theft Feb. 12
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police were called to 45 Fresno Road Feb. 12 at 1:41 a.m. for a report of three masked men in the garage, catching and charging them […]
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Brown, Family Enjoy Retirement, Quality Time
COVENTRY, RI — Today, retired Hopkins Hill Fire Chief Frank Brown and wife Denise are bound for Aruba after celebrating the last day of his 49 years safeguarding his hometown […]
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Land Rover Credit Fraud Ringleader Gets 2.5 Years
PROVIDENCE, RI — A Johnson man who admitted leading a Land Rover credit fraud conspiracy using stolen identities to finance SUVs from the Warwick Land Rover Dealership and one in […]
![[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)
![[CREDIT: Denise Brown] Hopkins Hill Fire Chief Frank Brown delivers a farewell salute during his last day before retiring as Hopkins Hill Fire Chief.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brown-Retires-2-03-21-25-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld suspending 2020 RI mail vote witnesses on Aug. 7.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Courthouse-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)