. @iandonnis.bsky.social reports a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor will emerge this weekend www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi...

NEWSMAKERS: RI Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social and me to discuss rising RICAS scores, reading whole books, PPSD, the Smithfield incident, AI in schools - and how she's using AI herself Watch online now - tonight/Sunday on 12+ and TV - or get the pod

STORY: Today's four-hour oversight hearing on the Washington Bridge crisis saw a much tougher approach by lawmakers - in the person of former US Attorney Zach Cunha But Alviti, made to testify under oath this time, stuck to his guns (w/ @alexandraleslie.bsky.social) www.wpri.com/traffic/i-19...

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti will face questioning Thursday on the Washington Bridge breakdown. Watch the 2 p.m. hearing live on WPRI.com and get the latest on 12 News starting at 4. https://www.wpri.com/traffic/i-195-washington-bridge-closure/washington-bridge-oversight-hearing-nov-13/ 

LOOKING AHEAD: Thursday will mark the third oversight hearing since the westbound Washington Bridge closure. This time, former USAO Zachary Cunha will lead the probe. I spoke to RI lawmakers about what they expect to get out of tomorrow's hearing. www.wpri.com/traffic/i-19... @wpri12.bsky.social

NEW: Somebody just polled a 2026 Dem primary challenge against Jake Auchincloss in #MA04 But who? One name in the poll: Sheriff Paul Heroux, who tells me he's interested but Auch has $6M+ Jesse Mermell tells me it's not her poll Jason Poulos is sole Dem now www.wpri.com/news/electio...

Story: No sign of major economic weakness in RI's new tax revenue data for now Estimates for the current year were just revised up by $29M - a little help for Gov McKee as he faces a $300M deficit in January Revenue forecast to grow about 6% over 2 years www.wpri.com/news/politic...

The former Eastside Marketplace in Providence will be the new home of grocery chain Whole Foods, city records show. No word yet on what that means for the nearby location on Waterman Street. www.wpri.com/business-new...

In Providence, three companies are competing for the winning bid to install sound camera technology in an effort to nab noisy drivers. Fines for violators are still TBD. Newport has been using similar technology, and police have seen results. www.wpri.com/target-12/pr... @wpri12.bsky.social

NEWSMAKERS: AG candidate Rep. @jasonknight.bsky.social joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social and me to talk public safety, defense clients, the Trump litigation, what needs to change the AG's office - and the Washington Bridge Watch online now, on 12+ or get the pod www.wpri.com/news/newsmak...

www.wpri.com/news/local-n... Love this @steveklamkin.bsky.social quote highlighted by @tednesi.bsky.social (#9): “They say, love what you do and you won’t work a day in your life”

My Saturday column 👇 www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

. @iandonnis.bsky.social flags that two top RI Senate Dems - Leader Ciccone and Whip Tikoian - were at the campaign launch for Senator DiMario's primary challenger Mark Mesrobian, who is backed by the new League of RI Businesses

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...

TONIGHT AT 5: My one-on-one interview with Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan about surviving the brutal Oct. 20 stabbing that put him on life support Tune in for the sitdown - only on @wpri12.bsky.social

A relatively close race for the incumbent in Taunton, too, though not as close as Fall River O'Connell wins another term with 52.6% of the vote, against 46.9% for Borges - another nonpartisan race with clear partisan IDs (O'Connell the R, Borges the D) www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

VERY close race tonight in Fall River - incumbent Paul Coogan edged challenger Gabriel "Boomer" Amaral by just 51% to 49%, a little over 200 voters Nonpartisan race but Coogan is a Democrat and Amaral is a Republican, and Trump flipped the city last year www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

NEW: AG Neronha is hopeful about finding a way to keep Roger Williams/Fatima hospitals open after today's bankruptcy court hearing "We made a lot of progress today," Neronha just told me by phone from Dallas But the buyer might be Prime, not Centurion www.wpri.com/business-new...

ELECTION UPDATE: A Providence city spokesperson tells me 1,540 voters have cast a ballot in the Ward 2 Special Election primary so far today. That's on top of 200 early voters and 265 mail ballots requested. Polls close at 8 p.m. www.wpri.com/news/electio... @wpri12.bsky.social

www.wpri.com/news/local-n... @tednesi.bsky.social notes how fallout from an antisemitic hazing incident could spill over into town politics in Smithfield (#3)

NEW: AG Neronha says he's flying to Texas this afternoon so he can attend tomorrow's bankruptcy court hearing on the motion to close Roger Williams and Fatima The two hospitals are still operating as normal today, with a high patient count, per spox www.wpri.com/business-new...

My Saturday column 👇 www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

Smiley on Mamdani "One of the things we’re seeing in New York right now is a real concern around affordability, and a candidate that rose to the occasion with solutions or ideas on how to address that ... that’s certainly a lesson for me" www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi...

The bankrupt owner of Roger Williams Medical Center and Fatima Hospital has filed a court motion to close the two hospitals by Dec. 31 if the state won’t take them over. Story by Target 12: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/owner-files-to-close-roger-williams-fatima-hospitals-outlook-unclear/ 

UPDATE: @WeAreUNAP blasts foundation holding onto $6M+ from RWMC/Fatima hospitals "It strains credibility that, after more than a month, [they] are saying that they’re still deliberating about how to use this money. Our health care system is in crisis" www.wpri.com/target-12/tu...

NEW: Time is running out on the deal to install a new owner for Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals - with $6M+ of their old charitable assets still at issue Buyer says nonprofit that holds the money won't meet Its leader hung up on my Qs about the cash www.wpri.com/target-12/tu...

UPDATE: Providence says it has allocated $25,000 in direct financial aid to the RI Community Food Bank. The city also joined a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for declaratory and injunctive relief. www.wpri.com/news/local-n... @wpri12.bsky.social

Behind the Story: Kevin McNamara joins @danmcgowan.bsky.social + me to discuss college hoops and illegal gambling in sports. Shoutouts --> www.wpri.com/behindthesto...

#LIVE: Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announces “new actions” to support the state's 140,000 SNAP recipients.

NEW: Providence’s Parks Department wants the next owner of Waterplace Pavilion -- formerly operated by Skyline at Waterplace -- to sign a 10-year lease to operate the three-story facility in Waterplace Park. It's been vacant for over a year. www.wpri.com/news/local-n... @wpri12.bsky.social

#WATCH: After more than 40 years on the bench, R.I. Superior Court Presiding Justice Alice Gibney is set to retire on Friday. Story: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/ri-presiding-justice-gibney-reflects-on-four-decades-on-the-bench/ 

Congressman Seth Moulton is arguing that Democrats need new leadership in the Senate, citing U.S. Sen. Ed Markey’s nearly half-century in Congress: “I’m just not afraid to challenge my own party when the status quo isn’t working and we need change.”

Story: A new potential Republican candidate for RI's 2nd District has emerged - Victor Mellor, a Florida businessman originally from Woonsocket. Magaziner's campaign is already criticizing him for being at the US Capitol on Jan 6 (h/t @kathyprojo.bsky.social) www.wpri.com/news/electio...

NEW: Mayor Brett Smiley’s office released a new “housing progress report” which shows Providence issued permits for nearly 900 new residential units in FY2025, a pace city officials said “outperformed” larger cities like Boston and New York City. www.wpri.com/target-12/pr... @wpri12.bsky.social

x.com/tednesi/stat... Interesting interview with MA AG Andrea Campbell of Dartmouth, perhaps the first top Bay State official to reside well outside the 495 belt since Jane Swift

My Saturday column 👇 www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

“This is the great gift of history: it provides you with the ability, much like a financial advisor who is averaging out the returns on various accounts that you have, to just calm things down a little bit.” www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi...

Despite complaints from RI DCYF union workers that the Providence headquarters is unsafe, the State Properties Committee approved a $24M lease agreement that will allow the department to remain at the Friendship Street building for the next decade. www.wpri.com/news/local-n... @wpri12.bsky.social

Cunha, now in private practice, will be paid $600 per hour to help lawmakers with oversight of the Washington Bridge debacle www.wpri.com/target-12/la...

Update: GOP's Chas Calenda ('22 nominee) tells me he's raising $ and putting together a team "to determine whether I will officially jump into the race" for AG "I'm definitely leaning towards jumping in," he says He'd be RI's first GOP AG since Jeff Pine www.wpri.com/news/electio...

NEW: Now it's 3 in the race to be RI's next AG Kim Ahern, who just left as Cannabis Commission chair, jumped in today - she worked for McKee, Raimondo, Neronha, Kilmartin and Lynch Could soon be 4: Rep Joe Solomon Jr. says he's "leaning towards running" www.wpri.com/news/electio...

NEW: Now it's 3 in the race to be RI's next AG Kim Ahern, who just left as Cannabis Commission chair, jumped in today - she worked for McKee, Raimondo, Neronha, Kilmartin and Lynch Could soon be 4: Rep Joe Solomon Jr. says he's "leaning towards running" www.wpri.com/news/electio...

NEW: Target 12 has learned Providence police have launched an internal investigation after one of its off-duty officers was involved in an “incident” at Bally’s Twin River Casino on Sunday. www.wpri.com/news/investi... @wpri12.bsky.social

NEW: Yet another twist in the uphill battle to get new owners for Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals Bank of America is being brought on to help Barclays try and sell the bonds, and the deal will now be a private placement, not a limited public offering www.wpri.com/business-new...

NEW: Former Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan remains hospitalized on a ventilator this morning after his stabbing on Monday, his mom Cathy tells me He will have another surgery on his neck "soon" "Please keep him in your prayers," she says www.wpri.com/target-12/wi...

NEW: I sat down 1-on-1 with Mass. AG Andrea Campbell to talk about what she likes about her family's new home of Bristol County (specifically Dartmouth), her bid for a second term, her suits against Trump - and a potential future run for Rep. Keating's seat www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

www.wpri.com/news/local-n... no RI municipality was affordable for the typical renter in 2024

My Saturday column: www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

Now you too can see what my basement office looks like as I talk about why I've been running to court so much this year in Boston during Trump 2.0.

Rest in peace, Projo alum Morgan McVicar www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi...