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Public transit advocates fear service cuts may be inevitable with the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority still facing a significant deficit in the Rhode Island House’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget.

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News & Culture

Gas Tax Hike Could Help Save RIPTA from Deeper Cuts — But Service Still at Risk

House budget plan raises Rhode Island’s gas tax to 40 cents per gallon and boosts RIPTA’s share of transportation funds, plugging nearly half its $32.6 million deficit. Transit advocates warn service reductions still loom without broader revenue solutions

June 12, 2025

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Christopher Shea

State coastal regulators have given Quidnessett Country Club 30 days to submit a plan to remove a seawall built without permission along its shoreline more than two years ago.

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Climate & Environment

CRMC Orders Quidnessett to Come Up With a Plan to Remove Seawall, Restore Shoreline

Enforcement action comes 653 days after regulators first flagged North Kingstown rock wall built without permission

June 11, 2025

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Nancy Lavin

A seal is released at Wuskenau Town Beach in Rhode Island after being rehabilitated by Mystic Aquarium on May 21, 2025.

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Climate & Environment

Seal Entanglements with Man-Made Debris Surge Around Block Island

June 11, 2025

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Jennifer Ahrens

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Arts & Entertainment

Brian Wilson, the Troubled Genius Behind The Beach Boys, Has Died at Age 82

June 11, 2025

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Ann Powers

June 11, 2025

An entrance to the Arizona PBS offices in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix is photographed, May 2, 2025.

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Politics

What’s Targeted in Trump’s Request for $9.4 Billion in Budget Cuts From Congress

Trump’s proposed budget rescissions targets foreign aid, public broadcasting, and global health programs drawing praise from fiscal conservatives and outrage from humanitarian groups

June 11, 2025

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Kevin Freking

June 11, 2025

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Health

A ‘One-Stop Shop’: CODAC Opens Nation’s First Fully Integrated Community Health Center in Providence

Backed by federal funding and local partnerships, the 20,000-square-foot center offers wraparound services — from addiction treatment to dentistry, food, housing support, and more — regardless of a patient’s ability to pay

June 11, 2025

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G. Wayne Miller

Megan Mainzer, the McKinney-Vento liaison for Middletown Public Schools in Rhode Island, speaks with a young girl at the Island Oasis, a food and clothing pantry that's managed, in part, with federal grant money.

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Education

A Federal Law Helps Homeless Students Get an Education. Trump’s Budget Could Weaken It

A Rhode Island school liaison warns that proposed federal budget cuts could dismantle vital supports for students experiencing homelessness across the state

June 11, 2025

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Lee V. Gaines

Rhode Island’s first harm reduction center, offering space for people to safely use illegal drugs in a medically supervised setting, opened in south Providence in January.

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Politics

McKee Signs Four Pairs of Bills Into Law

New Rhode Island laws will require AEDs on golf courses, expand Narcan training to lifeguards and park rangers, extend the state’s safe injection site, and formalize a 30-day wait before adult road tests

June 11, 2025

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Christopher Shea