Rhode Island is the only state that gives all state judges lifetime appointments without mandatory retirement or retention. Some of these people will be on the bench for 30+ years.

RI congressmen @amo.house.gov and @magaziner.house.gov object to renaming Workforce Pell Grants for Trump. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/24/m...

This was excellent, in every way, thoughtful, funny, touching, serious about our freedoms in peril. youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY?...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

NEW: Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, has been accused by family members of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren. Elon has repeatedly had to intervene, a secret that’s spanned generations. Our months-long investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

If you live in Rhode Island or southern Mass, you can watch Jimmy Kimmel return to his show tonight www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/23/m...

A “gust of wind” lifted the right wing of a small plane in the moments before it crashed while the pilot tried to land on Block Island in July, killing one passenger and injuring two other people aboard, according to a preliminary report by the NTSB. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/m...

A Sinclair spokesperson confirms they will allow Kimmel to air on ABC6 in Providence, where they just recently took over operations The company is preempting it in other markets where they own the ABC affiliate

Aaron Thomas, the RI coach who examined hundreds of boys in unauthorized “naked fat tests,” gets probation, no jail time. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/m...

Because there is always a Rhode Island connection …https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/metro/ri-case-jimmy-kimmel-suspended-charlie-kirk/

Talking to teens about sex is not easy. In R.I., there’s an app for that. -- Innovator Q&A by @amandamilkovits.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/m...

The ACLU of RI says the investigation of a Barrington teacher’s Kirk remarks reflects "disturbing" trend of "speech suppression." “Core political speech must be defended most fiercely when it is controversial, because that is precisely when it is most at risk." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/19/m...

Ex-D.C. assistant principal must pay $259k for working second job in Rhode Island www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/m...

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer Incredible and maddening www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

As R.I. navigates delays and cuts to FEMA money, uncertainty remains. In the midst of this hurricane season, it's still "business as usual" -- but next year is unknown, says Rhode Island's EMA director. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/m...

The Trump admin is rescinding the Roadless Rule that's protected 59M acres of US forests since 2001. Conservationists say this would be devastating to wildlife. @bengoldfarb.bsky.social talks about why our roads are so deadly to animals in this week's episode. outsideinradio.org/shows/why-is...

R.I. won’t give Trump administration voter registration list with personal data. @risecstate.bsky.social said the Trump administration “has a long track record of seeking to, and in some cases, succeeding in, interfering in the operation of elections." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...

SCOOP: At least 19 employees at Rhode Island’s recently merged public media organization were granted voluntary buyouts as the nonprofit outlet scrambles to close a $1.1 million budget hole. via @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

The US Department of Justice sues Providence Schools over ‘educators of color’ loan forgiveness, saying excluding white teachers from a loan forgiveness program is “racist and unlawful," reports @stephmachado.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...

Who will the Republican candidate for R.I. governor be in 2026? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...

Just in: State Rep. @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social officially launched his run for Providence mayor in a social media video, challenging Brett Smiley in the Democratic primary next year www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/15/m...

A Barrington High School teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave after saying assassinated right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was “a piece of garbage” and remarking “bye Charlie” in a widely circulated TikTok video. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/12/m...

BREAKING: NBC10 will take over ABC6, in a major upheaval for the Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts media market. w/ @alexagagosz.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/12/m...

An 18-year-old man in North Smithfield, R.I. suffered serious burns after he set himself on fire while reenacting a video he saw on social media, according to authorities. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/m...

@billkole.bsky.social reacted to the shooting of Charlie Kirk, saying, “Gun violence of any kind and political violence of any kind has no place in the US. Full stop.” He said he disagreed with most of what Kirk had to say. “But he had every right to say it." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/m...

A skiing accident left a R.I. PhD candidate paralyzed. But he’s still exploring shipwrecks – and probing the "unknown." My latest: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/m...

EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role FREE to read www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Providence police charge convicted killer in alleged “high-level” cocaine dealing. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/m...

Breaking: A federal judge on in Rhode Island blocked the Trump administration from barring migrants living in the U.S. illegally from accessing numerous federally-funded services, including Head Start preschools, health clinics and food banks. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Sometime this week the U.S. Marshals Service quietly published the latest numbers on threats against judges:

First the bathrooms, now this: Rhode Island’s T.F. Green airport terminal is slated to get $64m makeover, with upgraded seating and 60-foot-tall ‘water feature’ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/m...

NEW: The end of play in Pawtucket: How Hasbro’s move to Boston could impact a city trying to reinvent itself My latest, via @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social, on the Hasbro headquarters saga — www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/09/m...

“The job of the governor, I always say this, is to have the best people in every one of those roles and to hold them accountable,” @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social said. “In this particular situation, I do not think the DOT has done its job, and I would fire Alviti.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/09/m...

RI sees 212% increase in calls since launch of 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. @reed.senate.gov, who co-authored the national 988 hotline law, says it is “outrageous” the Trump administration proposed slashing funding for 988’s LGBTQ+ youth and young adult services www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/09/m...

R.I. Gov. McKee blasts Foulkes over opioid crisis as she prepares to announce she’s running against him www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/09/m...

"Boston is winning" -- With Hasbro deal, Boston passes Go and 700 jobs. Pawtucket falls behind. collectshttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/09/business/hasbro-seaport-headquarters-boston/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view

Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.

Beantown is now game-town, as Hasbro says farewell to Rhode Island www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/08/m...

“Stop the Count: Domestic Violence version”

Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"

Plenty of RI wedding vendors & venues were happy to speculate about Taylor Swift wedding buzz when I called around, but one was not: the Ocean House, a Watch Hill resort right near Swift’s home, which sure could be a nice place for wedding guests to stay… www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/08/m...

R.I.’s ‘Conjuring House’ is heading to auction on Halloween. “I think our website has seen a lot of traction from a lot of horror movie aficionados,” says Justin Manning, of JJ Manning Auctioneers. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/08/m...

I've been fascinated and horrified by this NH story for years. Glad to see another victim has been identified. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/07/m...

Afghan interpreter in R.I. urges President Trump to ‘keep the promise’ made to allies who helped US forces. “It is breaking people’s hearts because there was a promise made when those people began working for the American military,” Aminullah Faqiry said. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/08/m...

NEW: Sgt. Joseph Hanley was slated to be reinstated to the Providence police force this week, but the city is not letting him back from suspension as they try to appeal the reinstatement Hanley just filed an emergency motion asking to be reinstated now www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/05/m...

The South Coast offers a diversity of options, it offers price points for all types of buyers at different levels of affordability. “The towns and cities have their own distinct personalities,” said Chris Demakis, a real estate broker based in Mattapoisett.

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

Mass. is requiring insurers to heed state guidance on which vaccines they will cover, the latest in a series of moves from Governor Maura Healey that has in a matter of days virtually severed the state’s immunization guidelines from federal policies.

School bus monitor indicted on child molestation charges; an ‘unforgiveable breach of trust,’ R.I. officials say www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/04/m...