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US Navy awards $147m contract to build NOAA hub in Newport

NOAA’s Marine Operations Center – Atlantic will be relocated from Virginia to Newport.

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RI NEWS

Judge Caprio announces he has pancreatic cancer

The judge, widely known for the “Caught in Providence” TV show, recently turned 87, and in an emotional video he asks people to pray for him.
RI POLITICS

Judge will first hear Neronha’s challenge to order requiring him to appear in court

In motion to accelerate, the R.I. attorney general’s office cites First Amendment rights in arguing Neronha should not have to appear Friday regarding tweets he posted during an assault trial.
RI HOUSING

With decades of experience, Deborah Flannery named R.I.’s deputy secretary of housing

Flannery, with decades of experience in the housing field, will serve as deputy secretary of housing, a newly created position intended to assist in the creation and expansion of new housing in Rhode Island.

COMMENTARY | DYLAN CONLEY
Think about tax breaks for real estate developers like an introductory rate for a streaming subscription
A tax stabilization agreement is just a time-limited discount to draw in a new customer, designed to collect the full rate a little later, writes a Providence land use attorney.

RI POLITICS
R.I. Ethics Commission appointee resigns after Globe investigation into sexual harassment complaints
Governor Daniel McKee’s office “acknowledges vetting process was not adequate.”

RI ENVIRONMENT
Rhode Island is investing in trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. East Providence is helping lead the way.
A group of neighbors from East Providence sparked the momentum, which is now spreading statewide, and bringing in more than $1.5 million in federal forestry grants.

R.I. reaps millions in first year of recreational cannabis sales
Despite a slow rollout, monthly recreational sales have doubled over the past year while medical sales have steadily decreased.

ELECTION 2022

2022 election in Rhode Island: results, news, and analysis

Rhode Island voters are deciding on Nov. 8 whether Democratic Governor Daniel K. McKee will get to serve his first full term in office, and whether the Democratic Party will retain its three-decade hold on a U.S. House seat. Follow along as the Globe Rhode Island team brings you coverage of the 2022 General Election.
See: All of the results from the 2022 R.I. general election

More Rhode Island Politics Headlines

RI POLITICS

New R.I. Ethics Commission appointee faced sexual harassment allegations from six women

Governor Daniel J. McKee defends appointment, but Common Cause says Bryant Da Cruz is “unfit to serve on such an important body.”

RI OFFSHORE WIND

Newport, Block Island preservation groups seek relief from wind farms’ anticipated ‘adverse effects’

They seek to reduce the number of turbines planned closest R.I. shores, and a mitigation fund to offset anticipated losses of tourism, tourism-dependent jobs, property values, and tax revenue.

RHODE MAP

Woonsocket tried to fire a cop. Now it’s paying him $500K.

The city will make the payment to end a years-long legal battle that placed the state’s controversial Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights in the spotlight.

POLITICS

Trump tries to embrace Black Lives Matter, a group he previously said ‘hates our country’

The former president said he spoke with Mark Fisher, who claims to be a co-founder of Black Lives Mater Rhode Island. But BLM organizations in the Ocean State say Fisher is not affiliated with them, and call his support for Trump “a publicity stunt.”

GLOBE RI + RI PBS

Podcast: Migrant children working long hours at seafood plants in New Bedford

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, reporters for The Public’s Radio detail what went into and came out of their two-year investigation into seafood processing plants in New Bedford.

RI EDUCATION

Crucial jobs in Providence schools on the line with COVID relief money expiring in 2024

The Providence public schools received $128 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, vastly more than any other community in Rhode Island. So far they’ve spent $48 million -- much of it on new positions that may no longer be funded once the ARPA money expires.

RFK Jr.’s campaign spending is as unconventional as his run for president

Running for president as a political neophyte, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign has been financed by millions in donations from a motley group of supporters that include a sizable group who share Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism.

New applicants for Providence School Board are in, but their terms could be cut short

Voters last year approved a partially-elected school board with the first election set for 2024, but confusion reigns about the transition process.

RI Political Briefs

Rhode Island political news: January 2023