Steph Machado

Taylor Swift put the spotlight on Watch Hill. But the pop star isn’t center stage when she’s in Rhode Island. bostonglobe.com/2026/07/18/met…

Also in today’s debate: Mayor Brett Smiley defended his attack ad against State Rep. David Morales, which claimed he would defund police, a position Morales has abandoned Read more and watch the debate: bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/met…

NEW: Should Providence elect a socialist, or a pragmatist? Those were the ideologies at issue in today's @wpri12 Providence mayoral debate, which airs tonight bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/met…

When authorities found him, floating in a sailboat named “The Silver Lining” off the coast of New Jersey this week, one of the most-wanted fugitives in Rhode Island had been on the run for more than 20 years. bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/met…

In crowded race for R.I. attorney general, candidates try to set themselves apart. Three Democrats and one Republican weigh in on gun legislation, ICE raids, and domestic violence during a forum hosted by Sojourner House at the Lincoln School. bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/met…

19-year-old Joseph LaRoche was charged with first degree murder, accused of stabbing a homeless man to death on the pedestrian bridge on Tuesday. bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/met…

It’s giving 2005: The latest evidence can be found at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, where True Religion and Timberland just opened new stores. It’s True Religion’s first brick-and-mortar in New England in more than a decade, said Kristen D’Arcy, the company’s CMO.

It’s definitely election season; the latest war-of-words between Mayor Smiley and the City Council is over a $1M rent relief fund that was already put in the budget but Smiley claims the council is holding up. Council says proposal is flawed bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/met…

Adding insult to injury for McKee is that the AFL endorsed LG Sabina Matos, who McKee handpicked to be his No. 2 but has since distanced himself from.

R.I. AFL-CIO makes no endorsement in governor’s race bostonglobe.com/2026/07/15/met…

The R.I. AFL-CIO is not making an endorsement in governor's race.

Police have identified the man killed on the pedestrian bridge last night as Gerald Blair, age 40. He's believed to have been homeless bostonglobe.com/2026/07/15/met…

By @AmandaMilkovits -- Police search for youths in fatal stabbing on Providence’s popular pedestrian bridge bostonglobe.com/2026/07/15/met… via @BostonGlobe

NEW: For the first time since Providence's term limits kicked in, a term-limited city councilor is running again. And it's perfectly legal. My look at what term limits really mean in PVD: bostonglobe.com/2026/07/15/met…

First sizable independent expenditure this election cycle: Unite Here with $100k to back Helena Foulkes for governor and David Morales for mayor.

.@sojournerri will host a forum for R.I. attorney general candidates at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Lincoln School in PVD, including @AhernForAG, @AlanGordon1969, @keithhoffmann, and @JasonKnightRI

.@RIBloodCenter declares blood emergency. The region’s blood supply has dropped below a two-day inventory, reflecting a national shortage as hospitals enter the busy summer season just as people go on vacation. bostonglobe.com/2026/07/13/met… via @BostonGlobe

Also recommend reading this @FitzProv/@DanMcGowan in-depth look at the governor's race and how incumbent @GovDanMcKee has found himself trailing 20 points in the polls 👇 bostonglobe.com/2026/07/11/met…

BREAKING: US Senator Lindsey Graham has died after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says in a statement. apnews.com/article/lindse…

By @FitzProv and @DanMcGowan -- How Dan McKee became one of America’s most endangered governors. Polls show the RI governor 20 percentage points behind in a Democratic primary rematch amid political fallout from the Washington Bridge closure bostonglobe.com/2026/07/11/met… @BostonGlobe