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Foulkes supports millionaire’s tax and would designate the revenue to building more homes • Rhode Island Current Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Helena Buonanno Foulkes on Monday formally backed the growing call within Rhode Island’s Democratic Party to enact an 8.99% tax rate on personal income over $1 million...

Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial challenger Helena Foulkes agrees with McKee on creating millionaire's tax, but would restrict all the revenue to creating housing. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/03/02/f...

Bankruptcy judge agrees to give Centurion till Friday to buy Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals • Rhode Island Current A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has given the Centurion Foundation until Friday to close its purchase of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital until Friday to close the…

A Texas federal bankruptcy judge has given The Centurion Foundation one more week to secure private financing and close on its purchase of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, according to court documents submitted Monday.

Lieutenant governor’s race expands as Khamsyvoravong kicks off campaign • Rhode Island Current Newport City Councilor and former mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong on Monday officially announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor, ending weeks of speculation. His campaign account has the lar...

At-large Newport City Councilor and former mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong intends to focus on strengthening primary health care in Rhode Island in announcing his bid for the lieutenant governor's office. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social

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Bankruptcy judge agrees to give Centurion till Friday to buy Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals • Rhode Island Current A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has given the Centurion Foundation until Friday to close its purchase of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital until Friday to close the sal...

Bankruptcy judge agrees to give Centurion till Friday to buy Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/bankr...

Ethics panel sets hearing date as supervisor during infamous Philly trip fights to clear his name • Rhode Island Current The Rhode Island Ethics Commission will hold a rare adjudication hearing on March 17 to publicly litigate findings of probable ethics violations by Jim Thorsen, the state's former director of administ...

Former state administration director Jim Thorsen, who faces up to $52K in fines for ethics violations over the infamous Philly trip scandal, finally gets his day in adjudication before the Rhode Island ethics Commission on March 17. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/03/02/e...

Invest now in improving RI’s urban stormwater drainage systems. Or pay dearly later.  • Rhode Island Current Investing more in stormwater drainage systems with better pollutant filtering systems will reduce expenses from flood damages, minimize disruption to daily life during a heavy storm, and protect Narra...

COMMENTARY: "Why not instead, prevent or mitigate these flash floods entirely? This way people don’t have to go through the process of rebuilding or even fully replacing their properties." By Deem Quinn rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/03/02/i...

Centurion signs financing agreements to buy Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals • Rhode Island Current The Centurion Foundation has secured the private investor-backed bonds needed to cement its purchase of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, and is expecting to close on the ...

Update: requested extension in hospital sale to Centurion reveals no other buyers made offers to the court by the 2/17 deadline rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/26/c...

‘I’m an AG’ video subject still is, and back at work in new assignment • Rhode Island Current Devon Hogan Flanagan, the state prosecutor who went viral last summer in a video of her telling Newport police officers they would regret arresting her, is back on the job after a six-month suspension...

‘I’m an AG’ video subject still is, and back at work in new assignment. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/im-an...

R.I. pediatrician grilled about medical care of his late daughter in grandparents visitation trial - The Boston Globe Dr. Siavash Ghoreishi told the court he used ChatGPT to help answer whether he could write a prescription for a family member.

R.I. pediatrician grilled about medical care of his late daughter in grandparents visitation trial. Among other things, he said he used ChatGPT to justify prescribing meds to family members. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/26/m...

Shekarchi unveils latest package of bills to boost housing production • Rhode Island Current State lawmakers are taking a modest approach to encourage new home construction across Rhode Island: Only nine bills, down from 12 last year, will be introduced by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi…

In 9-bill housing package unveiled Thursday, a bill that would require at least a 15-day notice before homeless encampments are disbanded, another allowing for more pallet shelter communities like ECHO Village in Providence, and another to create a commission to study condominium affordability.

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RI lawmakers look for solution in a small state with a big problem: nowhere to send sludge • Rhode Island Current As the city of Woonsocket looks to sell its century old wastewater treatment plant and shut down the sludge-burning incinerator, Rhode Island lawmakers want to find alternative solutions to address a ...

The snowstorm is over, but a sh*tstorm is headed for RI as Woonsocket looks to close its regional sludge incinerator. Cue the legislative study commission.
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RI lawmakers look for solution in a small state with a big problem: nowhere to send sludge • Rhode Island Current As the city of Woonsocket looks to sell its century old wastewater treatment plant and shut down the sludge-burning incinerator, Rhode Island lawmakers want to find alternative solutions to address a ...

As Woonsocket looks to close its regional incinerator, Rhode Island lawmakers look for solution in state with few options for getting rid of its sludge. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/25/r...

McKee has name recognition, just not approval in new UNH poll • Rhode Island Current Almost twice as many likely voters would back Helena Buonanno Foulkes over Gov. Dan McKee if the Democratic gubernatorial primary were held today, according to a new poll published Tuesday by the Univ...

Rival Helena Buonanno Foulkes leads Gov. Dan McKee in hypothetical September Democratic gubernatorial primary, but most voters are still undecided, new UNH poll finds, By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/24/m...

Travel ban lifted at noon; thousands still without power as blizzard cleanup continues • Rhode Island Current Rhode Island lifted its travel ban at noon Tuesday as blizzard cleanup continued. Thousands remain without power while crews clear roads and restore service.

Travel ban lifted at noon; thousands still without power as blizzard cleanup continues. By @krish-eh.bsky.social & @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/24/t...

The real cause of skyrocketing electric bills • Rhode Island Current Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is in the fight of his political life and needs a quick fix to win back support. That’s why he wants to roll back state renewable and energy efficiency programs to save…

COMMENTARY: "If 10% of the state’s energy is produced by wind and solar and 87% is produced by natural gas, which one do you think is responsible for our state having the fourth-highest rates in the country?" By Bill Ibelle of @climateactionri.org

Rhode Island's congressional delegation requests federal emergency declaration for the state from the Trump administration.

More bad news for McKee’s reelection prospects in latest AFL-CIO poll • Rhode Island Current Gov. Dan McKee faced more low approval ratings in a poll published Monday by the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. The survey by influential labor union, which has yet to make an endorsement in the race, also too...

Will RI's influential labor movement take a side in the McKee v. Foulkes 2026 Democratic gubernatorial primary?
“It would surprise me if we don’t make an endorsement,” @riaflcio.bsky.social president Pat Crowley says
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More bad news for McKee’s reelection prospects in latest AFL-CIO poll • Rhode Island Current Gov. Dan McKee faced more low approval ratings in a poll published Monday by the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. The survey by influential labor union, which has yet to make an endorsement in the race, also too...

Rhode Island's incumbent governor is nearly as unpopular as Trump in new AFL-CIO poll. And his rival Helena Foulkes faces name recognition problem. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/23/m...

No place like home for blood cancer care. Fate of only RI bone marrow transplant unit rests on sale. • Rhode Island Current Roger Williams Medical Center's Bone and Marrow Transplant Unit has provided lifesaving care to hundreds of blood cancer patients since its inception in 1994. The only program of its kind in Rhode Isl...

The fate of Roger Williams Medical Center rests in a Texas bankruptcy court that set Friday as the deadline for its owner to close on a sale to The Centurion Foundation. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/23/n...

Snow map 2/23/2026 10am

New snow map. Our meteorologists now says this could break the Blizzard of '78 record for Providence. www.wpri.com/weather/wint...

Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport announces that airlines have cancelled all scheduled departing and arriving commercial flights at PVD through approximately 6:20 p.m. today due to the significant winter storm impacting the region.

No place like home for blood cancer care. Fate of only RI bone marrow transplant unit rests on sale. • Rhode Island Current Roger Williams Medical Center's Bone and Marrow Transplant Unit has provided lifesaving care to hundreds of blood cancer patients since its inception in 1994. The only program of its kind in Rhode Isl...

No place like home for blood cancer care. Fate of only RI bone marrow transplant unit at Roger Williams Medical Center hinges on pendong sale to new owners. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/23/n...

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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FM buys IGT building in downtown Providence for $68.5M • Rhode Island Current Johnston-based insurance giant FM is buying the downtown Providence building that houses the state’s lottery contractor formerly known as IGT, Fidelity Investments Inc. and The Capital Grille. The 202...

One of the state’s top employers, with a 1,500-person workforce housed mostly at its 8-acre campus in Johnston, is expanding into downtown Providence. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social

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Quonset firm reaped millions in state energy incentives. Now it backs McKee’s plan to gut them. • Rhode Island Current Toray Plastics (America), a North Kingstown manufacturer, was among the backers of Gov. Dan McKee's energy affordability plan at a press event Monday. But Toray has received more than $18 million in t...

Toray Plastics, beneficiary of nearly $20 million in state energy efficiency and renewable energy grants for its Quonset Point campus in North Kingstown, quietly supports Gov. Dan McKee's efforts to roll these programs back. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/11/q...

$18M state guarantee for Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals sale heads to McKee’s desk • Rhode Island Current An $18 million backstop intended to help the buyer of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital is slated to become the state’s first law of the year after both chambers of the Rho...

Gov. Dan McKee is scheduled Wednesday to sign legislation providing $18M taxpayer-funded backstop allowing The Centurion Foundation to close on Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital before deadline. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/10/1...

Smiley releases ‘full and complete response’ to flood of records requests on Brown shooting • Rhode Island Current Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said Monday that bodycam video, audio files, fire and police incident reports, and logs of phone calls now posted on the city’s website will be the final collection of re...

A spokesperson for Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said the city had 67 requests for public records related to the shooting — “the highest volume of requests the City has received for a single event during the Smiley Administration.” By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/09/s...

Revolution Wind developer records $10M Q4 impairment from Trump suspension order • Rhode Island Current The developer of Rhode Island's signature offshore wind project recorded a $10.2 million fourth-quarter impairment tied to a second suspension order from the Trump administration. But Orsted A/S still...

The Trump administration’s stop work order on the Revolution Wind project just days before Christmas cost project co-developer Orsted A/S more than $10 million, the company reported in year-end earnings on Friday. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/09/r...

Tremendous reporting.