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Earlier this year, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced $135,000 in grants to help business districts affected by the deadly shooting at Brown University. Some local businesses tell 12 News they still haven't seen a cent. wpri.com/news/local-new…

NEW: Target 12 has learned the Boston police officer charged in a fatal shooting last week once served as a patrolman with Providence police. Story by @TimWhiteRI and @meldasilva9: wpri.com/target-12/bost… @wpri12

NEW: A landlord is seeking to freeze $1.5 million in assets tied to the owner of the now-shuttered Plant City in Providence, claiming she broke her lease, damaged the property and owes more than $1 million in unpaid rent and taxes. w/ @AlexandraLeslie wpri.com/target-12/land…

RIDOT expects that it will cost millions of dollars to replace its truck toll system after the state was given the green light to resume collecting tolls two years ago. wpri.com/news/politics/…

WATCH: Colin Dorgan reflects on the support his team has given him after he lost his mother, brother and grandfather last month. More: wpri.com/sports/high-sc…

THEY DID IT. Blackstone Valley wins its first state championship in 4OT! @wpri12

NEW: A Boston bank called police on March 6 to examine a suspicious $500K document, per a new lawsuit. It marked the moment a high-stakes expansion plan for The Croft School collapsed into allegations of forgery and financial deception. The latest 👇 wpri.com/target-12/forg…

NEW: The Croft School needs at least $5 million to stay afloat through the end of the school year after its founder allegedly concealed about $13 million in debt and kept “two sets of books,” according to school officials. Wild story 👇wpri.com/target-12/two-…

NEW: Vegan cheese, Italian sneakers and a $55 million deal gone sideways... Inside the infamous Philly trip now at the center of an ethics trial in Rhode Island 👇 w/ @TimWhiteRI wpri.com/target-12/from…

Behind the Story: @AlexaGagosz joins @DanMcGowan + me to discuss the future of Providence Place mall. It was put up for sale in December. Shoutouts: @StephMachado @OSMediaRI @jgregoryperry @TheValleyBreeze @meldasilva9 @ShiinaHL Full conversation --> wpri.com/behindthestory…

🎥WATCH Colin Dorgan's winning goal HERE: nfhsnetwork.com/clips/ucl5011e… @Ortho_RI

NEW: Gov. Dan McKee is joining Mass. Gov. Maura Healey in asking the Trump administration to issue tariff refunds to households across Rhode Island wpri.com/top-stories/ma… @wpri12

NEW: RIDOT center stage again in Dem RI gov primary @HelenaBFoulkes argues RI's worst-ranked roads are "a direct result of Gov McKee’s incompetence" @DanMcKeeRI spox fires back that he's invested $500M in roads over 5 years and Foulkes can't be trusted wpri.com/target-12/foul…

Here's my weekly briefing on local politics (and more): wpri.com/?p=2945994

STORY: @GenFlynn was in Warwick yesterday to campaign for CD 2 candidate @VicMellorForRI (R). @wpri12 Our @EthanLogueWPRI caught up with both men before the event. Read more about Mellor's "Rhode Island First" rally and why he's running⬇️ wpri.com/news/elections…

My Saturday column: wpri.com/?p=2945994

Just 33 more followers to go to climb to 1,000. I had more than 21,000 before getting locked out of my old account and getting a cold shoulder for customer service from X

"Yet we were greeted by a series of pockmarked roads once we made it back to Rhode Island, reinforcing the notion that our state struggles with the basics" oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgif-…

Great example. Water lines fixed, road patched, plows ripped up the patch. Now the town needs to re-patch.