Edward Fitzpatrick

NEW: As expected, the Providence City Council has failed to override Mayor Smiley's veto on rent control Now what? Progressives hope they can use this to flip more of City Hall in their direction in September bostonglobe.com/2026/05/15/met…

New @RIHouseofReps Speaker @CBlazejewski announces staff appointments

Providence council set to vote on whether to override rent control veto -- Rhode Map by @DanMcGowan bostonglobe.com/2026/05/15/met… via @BostonGlobe

By @KRISH_EH -- Bill to reduce maximum misdemeanor sentences by one day passes Rhode Island Senate bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met… via @BostonGlobe

Isaiah is awesome ... Celtics hire former player Isaiah Thomas as pro and college scout bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/spo…

.@AGNeronha presses @RISenate to act on clergy abuse bill. “It is, in my view, punting, passing the buck, failing to carry out our responsibility as senators,” Senator @Marcus10956 said. “It is, for the survivors of the abuse a timid, feeble action.” bostonglobe.com/2026/05/15/met…

DHS doubles down on criticism of R.I. judge who released man after feds didn’t tell her about homicide warrant bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met…

Congregation Jeshuat Israel can continue to worship at a 19th century building near Newport’s historic Touro Synagogue, from which the group was evicted last year, a judge has determined. bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met…

"The time is now" to create an inspector general, RI's new House speaker @CBlazejewski says, amid high-profile government missteps including the Washington Bridge, last month's ramp collapse onto train tracks, and the payroll system debacle. bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met…

Column by @DanMcGowan -- The improbable rise of @RICNews’s 58-year-old tennis player bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met… via @BostonGlobe

Former US Atty Zachary Cunha said that “as a Rhode Islander, as a taxpayer, and as somebody who spent a lot of years investigating fraud, waste, and abuse,” his takeaway from that hearing was “the persistent lack of oversight with respect to this bridge." bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met…

.@Fwd_Party endorses @KenBlockRI for R.I. governor

🎙️A tale of two R.I. bridges: Former DOT Director Lewis recalls how the Iway project freed up 26 acres in the heart of PVD, while former US Atty Cunha analyzes the Washington Bridge debacle during a live taping of @GBHNews's Big Dig and #RIReport podcasts bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met…

The House approved a resolution Tuesday from @TinaSpearsRI honoring the great-nephew of Ellison “Tarzan” Brown for his completion of the Boston Marathon 90 years after Brown’s first Boston Marathon victory. Thawn Sherenté Harris of Charlestown completed the marathon in an official time of 3 hours, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds, making him the third member of the Narragansett Tribe to complete the race and giving him the second-fastest recorded time among the tribe. Mr. Harris and members of his family were present at the House session for the reading of the resolution. Said Rep. Spears, “In a powerful act of remembrance and resilience, Mr. Harris crossed the finish line barefoot, honoring his great-uncle’s first Boston Marathon in 1935 in which he ran the final miles barefoot. Carrying his sneakers in one hand, he carried the Narragansett flag in the other, in honor of the past, present and future of his people. Today we honor this achievement as one carried out for the people, and affirm with pride and clarity that 90 years later, the Narragansett people are here.” More information: rilegislature.gov/pressrelease/_…

Home run balls help carry Red Sox to victory over Phillies bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/spo… via @BostonGlobe

BREAKING: Hours before the deadline for RI Hospital to hand records over, a RI judge has blocked the DOJ from getting the medical info and names of transgender children in Rhode Island Judge Mary McElroy said the subpoena was issued in "bad faith" bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/met…

By @AmandaMilkovits -- Victims say @RISenate 'curveball' could thwart bill to allow claims against church bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/met… via @BostonGlobe

As the Trump administration ratchets up deportations and clamps down on the inflow of new immigrants, the report gauges what’s at stake in RI, saying immigrants account for 16 percent of the state’s population and 16 percent of its gross domestic product. bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/met…

The latest: A man remains at large more than a week after a federal judge in Rhode Island decided ICE could re-detain him. He was initially released, after the federal government did not tell the judge he faces a homicide warrant in the Dominican Republic. bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/met…

Rhode Island faces economic hit from immigrant deportations, report warns. “The main takeaway is the incredible impact that immigrants have always made to our state,” @thelatinopolicy executive director @MarceB_ri said. bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/met… via @BostonGlobe