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“Behind the Story” with Eli Sherman, Dan McGowan and me is available as a podcast on Apple and Spotify! Latest episodes drop Thursdays. Check it out and give it a follow here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beh… WPRI 12

A child dies of malnutrition every 15 seconds, as 185,535 boxes of special food for starving children are stacked in a warehouse in Rhode Island, paid for by American taxpayers. After shutting USAID, the Trump administration is just sitting on the boxes. nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opi…

Behind the Story: Antonia Noori Farzan joins Dan McGowan and me to discuss her great story this week about an ongoing fight over access to Napatree Point in Westerly. Shout outs to Rhode Island Monthly, David Wright, Tim White Give it a watch👇 wpri.com/news/behind-th…

Obvious winners of the 2025 session: Joe Shekarchi 's housing package, cats, and Peter Neronha . Not-so-obvious: the RI Republican Party and an amendment on self-storage unit sales. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/06/26/fiv…

NEW: Trinity Brewhouse, a mainstay in downtown Providence, has been sold to the owners of the Patio on Broadway. bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/met… via The Boston Globe

NEW: The Providence City Council is proposing new property tax rates, increasing taxes on single-family homes to more evenly distribute the impending tax hike Mayor Smiley is on board with the changes. See the new rates here (w/charts) bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/met…

Watch Antonia Noori Farzan explain why Watch Hill has its own fire district, and how influential the special governing body is in Westerly. w/ Dan McGowan. Shout out to The Public's Radio 89.3FM. Full episode --> wpri.com/behindthestory…

Major Todd Palatano and retired Sgt. Bob Boehm voted for a 45-day suspension for Sgt. Hanley, arguing he deserves a second chance Providence Police Commander Timothy O'Hara dissented, and said PPD is now "burdened" with an "unfit individual" on the force bostonglobe.com/2025/06/27/met…

By ⁦Steph Machado⁩ -- In taking over Providence schools, R.I. leaders pledged drastic changes to the teachers contract. What happened? bostonglobe.com/2025/06/30/met…

Providence teachers union *not* endorsing Providence teacher Ranglin-Vassell in Senate District 4 special election. Union says it didn't have time to endorse, but mentions Stefano Famiglietti endorsement by AFL-CIO, which is close to Senate leadership

WATCH: The Senate District 4 special election's Democratic primary is a week away. I recently interviewed all four Democrats about several important topics. The Interviews are viewable in the story below and on our 12+ smart TV app. wpri.com/news/elections… WPRI 12

Providence Police Sgt. Ray Hull, who is also a state rep who spearheaded changes to LEOBOR, argues in an op-ed it was a “terrible decision” to let Sgt. Hanley back on the force: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/01/met…

R.I. scholarship winner Scarlett Biancuzzo headed to top journalism school -- Rhode Map by Dan McGowan bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/met… via The Boston Globe

I firmly believe that Rhode Island is the best place in the world

Behind the Story: Rhode Island Monthly's Jamie Coelho joins Kim Kalunian + me to discuss her new book "Rhode Island Food Crawls." Special shoutouts: Gail Ciampa, Sarah Guernelli, Colin Hogan, Ethan Shorey et al. Full episode --> wpri.com/behindthestory…

🎙️Podcast: How Trump's cuts are affecting public research universities like URI. While the focus is on Harvard, URI President Marc Parlange said, canceled grants are hurting public schools that educate the working class and spur innovation bostonglobe.com/2025/07/03/met…

NEW: Jim Bennett -- a former Prospect Medical Holdings executive who has worked on and off in the public sector for years -- has been tapped to serve as Governor Dan McKee's interim commerce secretary bostonglobe.com/2025/07/03/met…

Go Ray!

Kudos to UConn for putting this ad in the Hartford Courant. Most creative athletics fundraising ad of all time. 👇👇

.Mayor Brett Smiley is one of the mayors interviewed for this NYT piece ⬇️