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Politics

Health Care and RIPTA Prevail in Lawmakers’ Revised Fiscal 2026 Budget

$14.3B spending plan nixes new capital projects in favor of extra money for Washington Bridge rebuild

June 11, 2025

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Nancy Lavin

Former State Sen. Cindy Coyne is seen in a video announcing her 2026 campaign for lieutenant governor.

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Politics

Former Barrington State Senator Cindy Coyne Announces Run for Lieutenant Governor

Coyne is the first challenger to officially enter the ring against Matos, who was elected for a full term in 2022

June 11, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Keith Stokes is Rhode Island’s new historian laureate.

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History

Meet Keith Stokes, Rhode Island’s New Historian Laureate

Stoke says he wants to enhance civics education

June 11, 2025

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Luis Hernandez

Gov. Dan McKee at his office in the Rhode Island Statehouse.

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Immigration

McKee Objects to Trump’s Deployment of California National Guard

Democratic governors walk a fine line by criticizing Trump while also ensuring federal dollars flow. The Public’s Radio political reporter Ian Donnis spoke with Gov. Dan McKee about that yesterday, along with a few other issues

June 11, 2025

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Ian Donnis

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Immigration

What to Know About Trump’s Deployment of the Marines and National Guard to LA’s Immigration Protests

June 10, 2025

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Jake Offenhartz

June 10, 2025

In space, there are four dimensions: length, width, height and time.

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Climate & Environment

Everything, Expanding Everywhere, All at Once: Why the Universe Has No Center

A century after Einstein’s theory of general relativity, scientists continue to unravel the mind-bending truth: the universe isn’t just growing—it’s growing in every direction, with no edge, no center, and no end in sight

June 10, 2025

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Rob Coyne, University of Rhode Island

June 10, 2025

“Moby Dick, The Whale” by Sean Landers is on view now at the Newport Art Museum.

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History

Loyalists, Patriots and a Colossal Plaid Whale in Newport

Newport Historical Society takes visitors back to 1775 and asks “Whose side are you on?” in the American Revolution. And the Newport Art Museum features the nautical paintings of “Sean Landers: Lost at Sea.”

June 10, 2025

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James Baumgartner

Rhode Island Senate President Valarie Lawson sought an opinion from the State’s Ethics Commission. She got it on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, when the panel voted 7-1 that the ethics code does not prevent her from leading the chamber while also heading one of the state’s teachers unions.

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Politics

Ethics Panel Says R.I. Senate President Valarie Lawson Can Lead Chamber Despite Union Day Job

But recusals will still be required on specific bills that pose a conflict of interest

June 10, 2025

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Nancy Lavin