Payback? Senate leaders say they're not behind challenges to colleagues who voted against them www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Thanks for this great, non-judgmental piece, @antoniafarzan.bsky.social . Especially the bit about "treats". Correlates well with this post:

"Melissa Cherney, CEO of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, said food pantries have seen demand double, if not triple. People are coming in and saying that they haven’t eaten in days." Via @antoniafarzan.bsky.social.

"'We are asking you to please consider donating $20 and RIPA [RI Pilots Association] will purchase a gift card in your name to area stores so these controllers can purchase food and the essentials they need during this unfortunate time,' the association said."

Behind the Story: The one and only @steveklamkin.bsky.social joins @kimkalunian.bsky.social + me to discuss his remarkable career in broadcast journalism. Shoutouts + full convo --> www.wpri.com/behindthesto...

Wow www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Wow car shopping for the first time in a decade is so depressing!!

Just learned that former Rhode Island Transit Riders co-director Patricia Raub has passed away. She was also heavily in the Friends of the Wanskuck Library group. I enjoyed every opportunity to work with her, and her loss will be felt heavily around here.

"'How can the Food Bank fill the gap?' We can't," writes RI Community Food Bank CEO Melissa Cherney in today's Providence Journal op-ed. "We don't have enough food or funds to replace the $29M in lost SNAP aid—or another $29M if the shutdown continues." Read more: tinyurl.com/9ex3kwtj

Municipal planners, key figures in community development, have become harder to find in recent years. With burnout and low pay driving planners to private sector jobs, communities are feeling this absence as they grapple with housing, sustainability and economic needs. pbn.com/shortage-of-...

Took Jasper to herd sheep for his birthday

Is there a support group for people who were born on Halloween but kinda hate Halloween? Asking for me

rhode island greening apples, painted by james marion shull, 1915

Reporter's query from me: Please feel free to pass this along.

Peak Richmond?

Behind the Story: @benberke.bsky.social joins @danmcgowan.bsky.social + me to discuss police reform efforts in Rhode Island. Shoutouts: @nancyklavin.bsky.social @antoniafarzan.bsky.social @aelennon.bsky.social Full discussion 👇 www.wpri.com/wpri-12-orig...

The wonderful Pawtucket Artist Eli Nixon is featured in a @providencejournal.bsky.social cover story by @antoniafarzan.bsky.social on pollution, shore access in South Providence, and a "beautiful, toxic, complicated little gem" on our industrial waterfront www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

www.newportri.com/story/opinio... Gov McKee’s campaign is drawing attention to this op-ed critical of pharmacy benefit managers

@antoniafarzan.bsky.social kills it with this story. It probably won't help people unwilling to understand what she clearly explained, but that's not her fault.

Rhode Island's "I'm an AG" lady should run for AG. The campaign slogan is already written.

Front page news! 📰 Yesterday's ProJo featured an article by Antonia Noori Farzan on our new CEO, Melissa Cherney. Last week she toured RI food pantries, seeing rising demand, limited supplies—and creative, dignified solutions in action. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/253bu9fx

September light will break your heart

Great work by the ProJo's Kathy Gregg for following this story. And shame on the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame for going through with it.

As @antoniafarzan.bsky.social’s recent story shows, Pawtucket has a lot of heart. @mapcenter.com is a great example.

New smaller RI State archives and history center plan from @risecstate.bsky.social is out Proposal calls for 2-story, $45M building to house historical treasures across the street from the State House. Prior 4-story, $102M plan deemed too expensive www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

“However, building on that site would mean losing 126 parking spaces from the carapace of asphalt lots covering the capitol complex, a nonstarter in Rhode Island state government.” www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

The US House wants to rename Pell Grants after Trump. RI's congressmen are not amused. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Pawpaw news! www.providencejournal.com/story/entert...

Saw this in a random post that I can’t find now. Does anyone know why the bear is at Kingston Station?

Insightful reporting about the evolution of a Rhode Island mill town, by @antoniafarzan.bsky.social for Providence Journal: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

The story of Hasbro's origins, which @antoniafarzan.bsky.social recounts in her story, is amazing. Full piece: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

This is a great piece from @antoniafarzan.bsky.social about Hasbro's departure from RI and the future of Pawtucket.

[September 16th, 1945] Rhode Island State Prison hosted a Labor Day clambake, surprising old-timers with 500 inmates and staff enjoying clams, quahaugs, and food. Funded by commissary profits, Warden Cranor said the inmates earned it, celebrating their wartime contributions.

Thanks to our partnership with @unduemedical, Treasury has relieved an average of $1,749.69 for nearly 7,000 Rhode Islanders. Learn more about our efforts in today’s @projo article: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

The right side of history

New this morning: After Helena Foulkes entered the Rhode Island gov's race last week, the conversation immediately turned to the opioid epidemic and her role as president of CVS pharmacy. I wrote an op-ed about how the ensuing conversation can actually serve Rhode Island, not just the candidates.

Political Scene: 2 years ago RI lawmakers rewrote campaign finance law and doubled donations limits in a close controversial vote. The change is already having an impact on the #RIgov race and General Assembly campaigns www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

I will be so sad if they get rid of the sailboat www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Is @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social the 2026 #RIgov favorite? PC's Adam Myers: "As long as it stays a two-person race, Foulkes clearly seems like the favorite" Brown's Wendy Schiller: "She has to have a clear agenda that will move the state forward economically and lay that out for the voters"

Do any geologists follow me on here? Have a random question

For those unfamiliar with Foster politics, I highly recommend this read via @kathyprojo.bsky.social. Spoiler: It gets cutthroat in the town of 4,500 www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

The management-side labor law firm Littler Mendelson is advising employers to ignore a Rhode Island ban on forced employee attendance at anti-union meetings, according to a private webinar obtained exclusively by the Prospect. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/BP9SagI

“Rhodes is a Rhode Island native – ‘born and raised and proud of it’ – who cites succinctly the Central Landfill's significance to both himself and, by extension, all Ocean Staters: ‘Almost everything I've thrown away in my life is here.’” www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Spotted by a friend

DJ play Rhode Island is Famous For You

One thing I really love about Rhode Island is how easy it is to meet people whose work I’ve admired from afar… without really trying at all. Granted, some of time this happens because of my job. But most of the time it’s in a distinctly nonprofessional setting

Congdon Street, Hope Smith