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Steph Machado

@StephMachado

Reporter for @BostonGlobe/@Globe_RI covering Providence. Alum of @wpri12, @wvnywfff, @SyracuseU. Adjunct @myrwu. Email me: [email protected]

Providence, RI Katılım Ekim 2011
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Steph Machado@StephMachado·
For my City Hall-watchers: Reminder that it doesn't matter how many councilors show up to tonight's rent control vote; they need to get two-thirds of the full council, not just the members in attendance, to override a veto
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Steph Machado@StephMachado·
Gov. McKee says he supports the "concept" of an inspector general, but says it should apply to all branches of government, and adds that "if the goal is accountability and protecting taxpayers," lawmakers should also pass his line-item veto bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met…
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Steph Machado@StephMachado·
"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…
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Edward Fitzpatrick
Edward Fitzpatrick@FitzProv·
🎙️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…
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Dan McGowan
Dan McGowan@DanMcGowan·
Li hsiu Hou didn't start playing tennis until she moved to the US in her late 40s. She didn't play competitive tennis until getting into RIC. And she helped the team win a Little East championship. bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/met…
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Steph Machado@StephMachado·
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…
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Christopher Gavin
Christopher Gavin@chris_m_gavin·
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…
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Edward Fitzpatrick
Edward Fitzpatrick@FitzProv·
Rhode Island is the only state with lifetime tenure for its Supreme Court justices. As the former House speaker applies for a high court vacancy, the debate continues about whether Rhode Island should impose a mandatory retirement age for judges bostonglobe.com/2026/05/12/met…
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Steph Machado@StephMachado·
NEW: In a hearing that went into Tuesday evening, a RI judge slammed the DOJ for making "misrepresentations" to a Texas judge who ordered @RIHospital to turn over medical records of transgender youth Clock is ticking on Thursday deadline The latest: bostonglobe.com/2026/05/12/met…
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Maggie Harrison Dupré
NEW: The NYT sent an email to freelancers today forbidding contributors from submitting "any material for publication that contains content generated, modified or enhanced" by generative AI. The "reminder" follows a string of AI incidents at the paper: futurism.com/artificial-int…
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The East Providence plant that exploded in April could reopen this week, if it passes inspection. The city found multiple code violations, some connected to the explosion and others that were not: bostonglobe.com/2026/05/12/met…
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