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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters about Senate Republicans' efforts to claw back $1.1 billion of funding authority from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and about $8.3 billion from foreign aid programs targeted by DOGE, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.

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News & Culture

Senate Approves Cuts to NPR, PBS and Foreign Aid Programs

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television

July 17, 2025

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Scott Neuman

The sacred lotus was introduced to Meshanticut Lake in 2014 and spread quickly.

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Climate & Environment

How an Innocent Mistake Left a Cranston Lake Strangled by Invasive Plants

Rhode Island environmental officials have been battling the spread of the sacred lotus at Meshanticut State Park for over a decade

July 16, 2025

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Ben Berke

Jaclyn Sallee, president and chief operating for Koahnic Broadcast Corp.,starts a computer July 10, 2025, at the Anchorage, Alaska, studios of KBNA, the flagship station for National Native News.

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News & Culture

Native American Radio Stations at Risk as Congress Looks to Cut $1B in Public Broadcasting Funding

July 16, 2025

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Margery A. Beck

July 16, 2025

Successfully courting the Sun’s relocation could help the state rebound from the Pawtucket Red Sox’s relocation to Worcester in 2021.

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Economy

McKee May Be Courting a WNBA Team for Providence. Can the State Make its Shot?

July 16, 2025

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Christopher Shea

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley signs the fiscal year 2026 budget at his City Hall office on July 15, 2025. Standing from left to right are Providence City Councilors Pedro Espinal, Helen Anthony and Rachel Miller. Anthony chairs the council’s finance committee and Miller is Council President.

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Economy

Mayor Smiley Signs Providence Fiscal 2026 Budget

Budget’s late approval means taxpayers have grace period to make first quarterly payment

July 16, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Steinberg has chaired the RI Life Sciences Hub since 2023.

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Politics

Neil Steinberg Resigns as Chair of Rhode Island Life Science Hub Amid Sector’s Early Growth

As federal funding winds down, Steinberg steps down after helping launch Rhode Island’s push into the life sciences industry, highlighting early wins and long-term potential for economic impact

July 16, 2025

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Ian Donnis

Latisha Michel, a certified doula, addresses the Newport City Council during a special meeting Tuesday, July 15, 2025. ‘We must keep maternity care rooted in the community it serves,’ she told the council.

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Health

Newport Hospital Birthing Center Supporters Pack Special Meeting at City Hall

More than 200 residents packed City Hall as the Newport City Council urged Brown University Health to keep the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center open — a vital maternity unit where nearly 500 babies were born last year

July 16, 2025

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Janine L. Weisman

Arthur A. Coia speaks at a forum hosted by the Laborer's International Union of North America on Sept. 1, 1995.

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News & Culture

Remembering Providence’s Arthur A. Coia, Longtime Labor Leader

Labor historian Scott Molloy, an emeritus professor at URI, says Coia was ahead of his time

July 16, 2025

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Joe Tasca

The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) in Washington, D.C.

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News & Culture

Senate Set to Debate Cuts to NPR, PBS and Foreign Aid

The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump that would claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

July 16, 2025

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Deirdre Walsh