EXCLUSIVE: A public records request fight led to Target 12 getting police BWC video from an incident that has since led to a Providence PD detective's unpaid suspension.
Lincoln PD won't say why this arrest was downgraded to protective custody.
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Tonight at 5 on @wpri12.bsky.social
PROVIDENCE: Mayor Smiley's spox tells me the city is in an indefinite essential spending freeze in response to unexpected costs -- $3,815,268.43 -- on snow clean-up following February's historic blizzard.
January's storm also cost big bucks👇
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NEW: Gov. Dan McKee has forced out a top cabinet member after the potential exposure of current and former state employees’ Social Security numbers on their W-2 forms — a mailing the state had already been forced to correct once www.wpri.com/news/politic...
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has endorsed Helena Foulkes in this year’s race for governor, with less than six months to go before voters start heading to the polls.
TARGET 12: People in RI always complain about road conditions - and they have a point
FHWA data shows RI had the nation’s worst state roads in 2024, with 32% rated poor
It's so bad RI was literally off the chart in a study
My deep dive on RI’s road woes www.wpri.com/target-12/wo...
When Vermont snowplows came to Rhode Island to help dig out from the Blizzard of '26, people discovered that VTrans has a public-facing website to track the plows.
Some city councilors want to explore similar technology being used in Providence.
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Public records obtained by Target 12 reveal that state officials had multiple opportunities to catch the botched state seal on a brand-new $70,000 State House carpet.
Details: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/documents-confirm-state-ordered-wrong-ri-seal-for-70k-state-house-carpet/
After determining the state was responsible for negligently training & supervising a parks docent who hit and seriously injured former Prov. city councilor Helen Anthony while driving in a state park, a California jury awarded Anthony $19 million.
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Best memories visiting Alton Jones as a kid. Glad to hear it’s going to reopen to the public.
Gubernatorial candidate Helena Foulkes is pitching a $1 billion housing plan aimed at creating 20,000 units over eight years.
Meeting the goal would require a sharp break from the status quo.
The plan is drawing sharp criticism from political opponents www.wpri.com/news/electio...
NEW: @reed.senate.gov will back a resolution forcing Trump to stop the Iran war within 30 days
Armed Services Cmte's top Dem says he hasn't been briefed by Pentagon and doesn't think his GOP counterpart has, either
"There's no strategic plan," Reed argues www.wpri.com/news/politic...
Many of you asked why RI doesn't already have a commercial snow blower, like the ones you've seen remove snow in Providence this week.
I learned that's about to change, though RIDOT says the equipment they purchased is smaller and less expensive.
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Both ordinary community members and members of the RI National Guard have the same mission after the Blizzard of '26: make Providence walkable.
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PROVIDENCE!! Tell me where neighbors are helping neighbors, where you’re digging out. We’re getting video of the situation on day 3(?) of this blizzard mess. @wpri12.bsky.social
Meet Blizzard! This adorable colt was born during the height of the storm.
More: https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/se-mass/horse-gives-birth-during-blizzard-at-swansea-farm/
RIPTA announced Wednesday that some routes are on detour as the state cleans up after the historic blizzard.
NEW: RI has been buried over the last two days...
by fresh poll results!
Back-to-back survey releases by RI AFL-CIO and the UNH Survey Center are giving politicos lots to chew in
It's also sparked a spirited exchange between McKee and UNH over their numbers www.wpri.com/news/electio...
They said they won’t start shoveling them out until tomorrow
RIPTA says statewide bus service will start back up tomorrow, although riders should expect delays/detours/route modifications for the next several days.
Providence has towed 316 cars and issued 1,273 tickets. With more to come.
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I spoke with Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien about local blizzard conditions. DPW crews are paused potentially until 2 PM. @wpri12.bsky.social www.wpri.com/live-streami...
RI Hospital says an employee that released the wrong body to a funeral home was "let go."
Bell Funeral Home's owner tells me this was a hospital error— and one that should never have happened.
The hospital and funeral home are both being sued.
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NEW: Elderly homeless mother was trapped alive in her car with her dead son weeks before their bodies were discovered outside Miriam Hospital.
She faced single-digit temperatures after a major snowstorm blanketed Providence with 20 inches of snow.
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NEW: Hockey rink shooter Robert Dorgan was the father of Kevin Colantonio, who was convicted of setting fire to a predominantly Black church in RI in 2024.
Sources tell Target 12 Colantonio was influenced by Dorgan's far-right ideology. w/
@elisherman.bsky.social
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Rep. David Morales is making his strong support for rent control a key theme in the Democratic primary for Providence mayor.
Incumbent Mayor Brett Smiley has publicly spoken out against the idea throughout his first term.
Story at 6 on @wpri12.bsky.social
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TARGET 12: Rhode Islanders just spent $70,000 on a new rug for the State House's grandest room
Only problem? The state got its own name wrong on the seal - twice (w/ @timwhiteri.bsky.social) www.wpri.com/target-12/70...
NEW: Providence Public School leaders emphasize no decisions have been made yet, but warn it could be an “extremely challenging” budget year that may require “difficult, student-centered decisions.”
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In an open letter to Rhode Islanders, outgoing RIDOT Director Peter Alviti said that he is leaving on his "own terms" and that he has worked too hard to allow himself "to become a political pawn."
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