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
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Steph Machado
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Reporter for @BostonGlobe/@Globe_RI covering Providence. Alum of @wpri12, @wvnywfff, @SyracuseU. Adjunct @myrwu. Email me: [email protected]
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Morales’s most significant endorsement thus far
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In the last 15 months, we have recruited over 8,500 Americans to run for office at every level of government. Today, I am proud to endorse 61 progressives running for state and local office across America. They will fight for the kind of changes our country desperately needs.
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.@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…
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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
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"When I read it, I almost fell off my seat," said Republican Senate leader @JessicaforRI, who said she is "ecstatic" about the inspector general proposal
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DHS doubles down on criticism of R.I. judge who released man after feds didn’t tell her about homicide warrant
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"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.
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Very fun bridge talk!!
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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🎙️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
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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.
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Bally's chosen to run second R.I. online betting site, beating out only one other suitor turnto10.com/i-team/ballys-…
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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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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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By @StephMachado -- Providence schools eyeing more than 100 job cuts. A projected drop in enrollment could be due partly to immigration enforcement, a school department official said.
bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/met… via @BostonGlobe
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By @chris_m_gavin -- Cranston mayor moves to cut senior services, scale back school funding. “This is not the budget I wanted to submit,” @MayorKenHopkins said.
bostonglobe.com/2026/05/12/met… via @BostonGlobe
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“We are at the end of our tether with the DOJ making false representations to this court,” Judge Mary McElroy said today
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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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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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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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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