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The Rhode Island Current is an independent, nonprofit news outlet covering state government and the impact of public policy decisions in the Ocean State.
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Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/28/r...
Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders • Rhode Island Current
President Donald Trump said Friday he will try to reverse any law, pardon or still-in-effect executive order that former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t immediately clear ...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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National Guard shooting suspect to face murder charge. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social & @ashleymurray.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/28/r...
National Guard shooting suspect to face murder charge • Rhode Island Current
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced Friday it has charged the man who allegedly shot two National Guard members earlier this week with first-degree murder after ...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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In any other year, the data that informs an annual report released every Thanksgiving by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank would tell the whole story about hunger in the Ocean State. By @krish-eh.bsky.social
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Rhode Island Community Food Bank delays release of its annual hunger report • Rhode Island Current
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank is postponing the release of its 2025 hunger report to late January as staff work to account for the fallout of the prolonged federal shutdown and SNAP disruptions...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Annual free coat giveaway happening today Black Friday on R.I. State House lawn rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/27/a...
Annual free coat giveaway set for Black Friday on R.I. State House lawn • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island’s annual Buy Nothing Day Coat Exchange returns Friday, Nov. 28, on the State House lawn.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from Rhode Island Current!
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Two National Guard members from West Virginia wounded in ‘targeted’ shooting in D.C. Via @statesnewsroom.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/26/r...
Two National Guard members from West Virginia wounded in 'targeted' shooting in D.C. • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — Two National Guard members from West Virginia were in critical condition Wednesday evening after being shot near the White House in Washington, D.C., officials said. FBI Director Kash Pat...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Updated: Rhode Island Energy's request to increase service charges for gas and electric customers spans thousands of pages across 21 separate documents submitted Wednesday morning to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission for review.
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Rhode Island Energy proposes increases in customer electric and gas service charges • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island Energy has unveiled its long-awaited request to increase service charges to customers, following a three-year moratorium imposed by state regulators. The proposal, if approved, would incr...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Thanksgiving message from @govdanmckee.bsky.social and the first lady.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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International visitors will pay $250 for an annual America the Beautiful pass, but U.S. residents will continue to pay $80 in 2026. Plus 11 most visited national parks will charge $100 to nonresidents on top of the standard entrance fee. By @dailymontanan.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/26/r...
Interior announces increased new fees on international visitors to National Parks • Rhode Island Current
'America-first pricing' will charge increased fees to nonresidents; annual passes available in digital format
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November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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On the day before Thanksgiving, Rhode Island Energy proposes increases in customer electric and gas service charges. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/26/r...
Rhode Island Energy proposes increases in customer electric and gas service charges • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island Energy has unveiled its long-awaited request to increase service charges to customers, following a three-year moratorium imposed by state regulators. The proposal, if approved, would incr...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Noem ordered deportation flights to El Salvador after judicial halt, DOJ tells court. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/26/r...
Noem ordered deportation flights to El Salvador after judicial halt, DOJ tells court • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice acknowledged in a court filing that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the call to continue removals of Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran prison, desp...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council draft report released Tuesday highlights uncertainty and challenges in achieving Rhode Island’s aggressive emissions reduction plan. @nancyklavin.bsky.social talks with RIDEM director. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/26/d...
DEM director warns of ‘devastating’ consequences for R.I. decarbonization mandate under Trump • Rhode Island Current
A new draft report by the Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council highlights uncertainty in meeting state decarbonization mandates under the Act on Climate law due to major shifts i...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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With so many undecided voters, survey suggests 2026 Democratic primary for Rhode Island will be anyone's guess. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/m...
McKee's approval sinks lower; Foulkes leads in early Democratic primary polling • Rhode Island Current
Nearly half of Rhode Island Democrats surveyed in a new Ocean State Poll said they're undecided in the 2026 governor’s race.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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With Rhode Island gubernatorial primary more than 10 months out, many voters still undecided. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/m...
McKee's approval sinks lower; Foulkes leads in early Democratic primary polling • Rhode Island Current
Nearly half of Rhode Island Democrats surveyed in a new Ocean State Poll said they're undecided in the 2026 governor’s race.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans. Via @statesnewsroom.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/r...
Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — A coalition suing to block President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education expanded its lawsuit Tuesday to include objections to recent interagency agreemen...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/r...
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress who released a video in mid-November telling members of the military that they are not required to follow illegal orders announced Tuesday the Federal Burea...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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@peterneronha.bsky.social co-leads lawsuit over new HUD policy that would shift Continuum of Care funding away from permanent housing toward transitional housing and "lead to predictably disastrous results." By @krish-eh.bsky.social
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Neronha co-leads suit over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness • Rhode Island Current
Nineteen attorneys general and two governors filed suit in Rhode Island on Tuesday to stop the Trump administration from shifting nearly $4 billion in housing grants, a policy change they say could pu...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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“It’s very upsetting, but eventually — I hate to say something so callous — but fish or cut bait," Chief Judge Stacey Jernigan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas said at a hearing Tuesday in Dallas. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/f...
‘Fish or cut bait,’ federal bankruptcy judge tells prospective buyers for Roger Williams and Fatima • Rhode Island Current
Pressure is mounting, and time is running out for the long-delayed sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, with bankrupt owner Prospect Medical Holdings setting a Dec. 1...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The League of RI Businesses has an 'unprecedented’ 40 PAC strategy that lets business group skirt campaign finance donation limits. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/25/h...
How to win elections and influence the State House? The League of RI Businesses has a plan. • Rhode Island Current
New conservative-leaning business group, The League of RI Businesses, has opened 40 political action committees to skirt campaign donation limits and funnel large sums of money to its chosen candidate...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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DEM report: R.I. must speed up lowering carbon emissions to meet Act on Climate mandates rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/24/d...
DEM report: R.I. must speed up lowering carbon emissions to meet Act on Climate mandates • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island will need to speed up its shift away from fossil fuels in order to meet the 2030 decarbonization mandate set by the Act on Climate Law, according to a new report measuring 2023 greenhouse...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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COMMENTARY: Members of the new Newport Hospital birthing center Community Advisory Panel were asked to sign confidentiality agreements, mom who declined invitation to join says. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/23/b...
Brown University Health could have made Newport Hospital birthing center study group more inclusive • Rhode Island Current
A local mom wonders if there’s more that can be done by Brown University Health to make its newly appointed Community Advisory Panel on the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center feel like a community-w...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Update: Trump taunted Greene in a social media post early Saturday morning, rolling out nicknames he developed for her after the start of their feud. Via @georgiarecorder.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January • Rhode Island Current
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, a Rome Republican, announced her plans to resign from Congress Friday evening in an unexpected video message. Greene, who was first elected in Georgia’s ...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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ICYMI: Rhode Island housing leaders and homeless care providers are raising the alarm over a new Trump administration directive they say could put over 1,000 formerly unhoused Rhode Islanders back out on the street.
R.I. housing leaders warn HUD policy change could increase homelessness across the state • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island housing leaders warn that new guidelines from the Trump Administration will force more than 1,000 formerly homeless Rhode Islanders out of their homes and back out the street.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January. By @georgiarecorder.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/21/r...
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January • Rhode Island Current
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, a Rome Republican, announced her plans to resign from Congress Friday evening in an unexpected video message. Greene, who was first elected in Georgia’s ...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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COMMENTARY: Tens of thousands of compliant hemp businesses could be shut down under the hemp ban passed by Congress. Not for breaking the rules, but for following them, Lovewell Farms co-founder Mike Simpson writes.

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What the hemp ban means for small family farms • Rhode Island Current
When Congress moved to reopen the federal government, it slipped a hemp ban into the bill that redefines hemp so narrowly it could end up shutting down tens of thousands of compliant hemp businesses, ...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM