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Brown Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management Rodney Chatman is on leave pending a review.
Former Providence police chief Hugh T. Clements will serve in interim. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/brown...
Former Providence police chief Hugh T. Clements will serve in interim. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/brown...
Brown University police chief placed on leave pending campus safety review • Rhode Island Current
Brown's police chief is on leave as the university launches two outside reviews of campus security and its response to the Dec. 13 mass shooting at the Barus and Holley engineering building.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Brown Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management Rodney Chatman is on leave pending a review.
Former Providence police chief Hugh T. Clements will serve in interim. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/brown...
Former Providence police chief Hugh T. Clements will serve in interim. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/brown...
Rhode Island AG @peterneronha.bsky.social joins coalition seeking to to prevent the Trump administration from defunding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Via @miamaldonado.bsky.social @oregoncapitalchronicle.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/22/r...
Democratic states sue Trump administration for attempts to defund consumer watchdog agency • Rhode Island Current
A coalition of Democratic attorneys general, including Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, filed suit Monday against the Trump administration for its attempts to defund the Consumer Financial...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Rhode Island AG @peterneronha.bsky.social joins coalition seeking to to prevent the Trump administration from defunding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Via @miamaldonado.bsky.social @oregoncapitalchronicle.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/22/r...
Rhode Island's congressional delegation and environmental advocates slams Trump administration’s pause on East Coast wind projects, which affects the Revolution Wind project off its own coast. Via @statesnewsroom.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/22/r...
Trump administration pauses major East Coast offshore wind projects • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it’s halting leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to national security risks....
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December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Rhode Island's congressional delegation and environmental advocates slams Trump administration’s pause on East Coast wind projects, which affects the Revolution Wind project off its own coast. Via @statesnewsroom.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/22/r...
Army Corps of Engineers extends Vineyard Wind’s permit to send ships with turbine parts through New Bedford’s hurricane barrier through June. Via @aelennon.bsky.social @newbedfordlight.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/19/a...
Army Corps approves Vineyard Wind request • Rhode Island Current
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday approved Vineyard Wind’s long-pending request to continue using the New Bedford hurricane barrier to transport major turbine components.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Army Corps of Engineers extends Vineyard Wind’s permit to send ships with turbine parts through New Bedford’s hurricane barrier through June. Via @aelennon.bsky.social @newbedfordlight.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/19/a...
Federal Judge Mary McElroy grants preliminary injunction to stop HUD from imposing new funding restrictions for Housing First initiatives. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/19/j...
Judge blocks new HUD funding restrictions for Housing First initiatives • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island federal judge Mary S. McElroy Friday halted the Trump administration's revised homelessness grant rules, citing potential harm and uncertainty over delayed federal funding. But a new fund...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Federal Judge Mary McElroy grants preliminary injunction to stop HUD from imposing new funding restrictions for Housing First initiatives. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/19/j...
“We got him.” Suspected Brown mass shooter, also suspect in MIT physicist’s killing, found dead in New Hampshire storage facility. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social and @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/18/p...
Suspected Brown mass shooter found dead in N.H. storage facility; linked to MIT physicist’s killing • Rhode Island Current
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the former Brown University student responsible for a fatal shooting in Providence Saturday, was found dead in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, shortly before 9 p....
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December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“We got him.” Suspected Brown mass shooter, also suspect in MIT physicist’s killing, found dead in New Hampshire storage facility. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social and @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/18/p...
Diversity visa program suspended after feds find suspect in Brown University and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor shooting this week obtained a green card through the program in 2017. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/19/r...
Trump administration moves to pause diversity visa program after Brown, MIT shootings • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said late Thursday she was suspending applications for a diversity visa program because the man suspected of killing two Brown University students ...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Diversity visa program suspended after feds find suspect in Brown University and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor shooting this week obtained a green card through the program in 2017. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/19/r...
Brown University mass shooter and killer of MIT professor appear to be the same guy, per ress conference scheduled for 10:30 p.m. in Boston www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/u...
U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, FBI, and ATF Announce Death of the Brown University and MIT Professor Shooter
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December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Brown University mass shooter and killer of MIT professor appear to be the same guy, per ress conference scheduled for 10:30 p.m. in Boston www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/u...
Rhode Island is among a growing number of states that restrict release of 911 recordings or transcripts without consent of the caller or a judge’s order.
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Brown shooting leaves a community searching for answers. But R.I. law keeps key information hidden. • Rhode Island Current
Brown University mass shooting has added emphasis to advocates' push to make 911 calls and university police arrest reports subject to public records requests.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Rhode Island is among a growing number of states that restrict release of 911 recordings or transcripts without consent of the caller or a judge’s order.
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In prime-time speech, Trump says he “inherited a mess” and has turned the United States into the “envy of the entire globe” by imposing an immigration crackdown, tariffs and tax breaks. By @ashleymurray.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/r...
Trump claims economic turnaround, after blasting Dems’ affordability focus • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — As Americans continue to face rising prices ahead of year-end holidays, President Donald Trump blamed inflation and health care costs on his predecessor during a prime-time speech Wednesd...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
In prime-time speech, Trump says he “inherited a mess” and has turned the United States into the “envy of the entire globe” by imposing an immigration crackdown, tariffs and tax breaks. By @ashleymurray.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/r...
After a year of trimming its finances to try to stave off job cuts, RIPTA still faces a nearly $14 million budget deficit under its latest financial plan approved by the agency’s board of directors. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/r...
RIPTA once again counts on Gov. McKee to fill its budget gap • Rhode Island Current
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's board Thursday voted 7-1 to submit a fiscal year 2027 budget request with a nearly $14 million deficit to Gov. Dan McKee, with the hope either he or state l...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
After a year of trimming its finances to try to stave off job cuts, RIPTA still faces a nearly $14 million budget deficit under its latest financial plan approved by the agency’s board of directors. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/r...
Investigators are widening their search as the hunt for the man believed responsible for the Brown University mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine others enters its fifth day. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/s...
Still no name, no motive, no weapon as manhunt continues • Rhode Island Current
Providence police and federal investigators expanded the search area and released images of a second person they want to identify Wednesday as the manhunt for the suspect in the Brown University mass ...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Investigators are widening their search as the hunt for the man believed responsible for the Brown University mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine others enters its fifth day. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/s...
46 new measles cases in one week, including dozens in South Carolina alone, raise concerns for holiday travelers. Via @stateline.org
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Measles cases rise amid holiday travel • Rhode Island Current
Measles case are continuing to grow, reaching 1,958 confirmed cases in 43 states through Dec. 16 and threatening to undo next year the United States’ status as a nation that has eradicated the disease...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
46 new measles cases in one week, including dozens in South Carolina alone, raise concerns for holiday travelers. Via @stateline.org
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Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/r...
Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in the U.S. House who have struggled to come up with a way to address spiraling health insurance costs will face a floor vote in early 2026 on Democrats’ plan to extend...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/17/r...
"What’s really critical first, is that we identify who the person is," Rhode Island @peterneronha.bsky.social said at Tuesday's press conference on efforts to find a person of interest on the the Brown University mass shooting. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/i...
Investigators are counting on the public to ID their person of interest. So far they’re getting it. • Rhode Island Current
More than 200 “credible” tips have poured into city and federal tip lines, along with terabytes of video and photo footage from residential properties surrounding the Brown University campus. Yet ther...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"What’s really critical first, is that we identify who the person is," Rhode Island @peterneronha.bsky.social said at Tuesday's press conference on efforts to find a person of interest on the the Brown University mass shooting. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/i...
Investigators are counting on the public to ID their person of interest. So far they’re getting it. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/i...
Investigators are counting on the public to ID their person of interest. So far they’re getting it. • Rhode Island Current
More than 200 “credible” tips have poured into city and federal tip lines, along with terabytes of video and photo footage from residential properties surrounding the Brown University campus. Yet ther...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Investigators are counting on the public to ID their person of interest. So far they’re getting it. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/i...
Police released magnified video of the suspect at 4:30 p.m., ahead of press briefing scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Providence Public Safety Complex. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/p...
Providence police release more surveillance video of suspect • Rhode Island Current
A new video still of the suspected Brown University mass shooter released by Providence police early Tuesday afternoon shows him carrying a crossbody sling bag. Police also released magnified surveill...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Police released magnified video of the suspect at 4:30 p.m., ahead of press briefing scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Providence Public Safety Complex. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/p...
A shutdown-delayed jobs report released Tuesday shows an increase of 64,000 jobs in November, rebounding from a large loss of 105,000 jobs in October. Unemployment ticked higher to 4.6%, the highest since September 2021. By @stateline.org rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/r...
Delayed jobs report: Unemployment ticks up to 4.6%, jobs up 64,000 • Rhode Island Current
A shutdown-delayed jobs report released Dec. 16 showed an increase of 64,000 jobs in November, rebounding from a large loss of 105,000 jobs in October. Unemployment ticked higher to 4.6%, the highest ...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A shutdown-delayed jobs report released Tuesday shows an increase of 64,000 jobs in November, rebounding from a large loss of 105,000 jobs in October. Unemployment ticked higher to 4.6%, the highest since September 2021. By @stateline.org rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/r...
Vineyard Wind could seek to use a Rhode Island port as an option if the Army Corps of Engineers won't grant a Section 408 authorization allowing ships to pass through New Bedford hurricane barrier. Via @aelennon.bsky.social @newbedfordlight.bsky.social
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Vineyard Wind awaiting approval from Army Corps to finish turbine shipments • Rhode Island Current
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still evaluating whether to extend Vineyard Wind’s ability to ship its final blades out of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and through the city's hurricane barrier afte...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Vineyard Wind could seek to use a Rhode Island port as an option if the Army Corps of Engineers won't grant a Section 408 authorization allowing ships to pass through New Bedford hurricane barrier. Via @aelennon.bsky.social @newbedfordlight.bsky.social
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New report underscores the alarm among progressives over the potential consequences of a looming Supreme Court decision: Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case. Via @stateline.org rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/r...
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case, report finds • Rhode Island Current
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Acts, a new analysis finds.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New report underscores the alarm among progressives over the potential consequences of a looming Supreme Court decision: Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case. Via @stateline.org rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/16/r...
Area residents have flooded Rhode Island Blood Center donation centers since the mass shooting at Brown University.
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Rhode Island Blood Center reports record donations after Brown University shooting • Rhode Island Current
Donations to the Rhode Island Blood Center have hit record highs in the days after the mass shooting at Brown University. But the nonprofit leaders say they still need more donations, and are asking…
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December 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Area residents have flooded Rhode Island Blood Center donation centers since the mass shooting at Brown University.
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As manhunt continues, police and the FBI seek more tips from the public, with the FBI offering a $50,000 reward. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/n...
New videos show suspect casing Brown campus and neighborhood before mass shooting • Rhode Island Current
As the manhunt continues for the perpetrator of the Brown University mass shooting on Saturday, law enforcement released more videos of a suspect and asked for more tips from the public. The FBI is no...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As manhunt continues, police and the FBI seek more tips from the public, with the FBI offering a $50,000 reward. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/n...
Trump ‘very strongly’ considering loosening federal marijuana regulations. By @fischler.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/r...
Trump 'very strongly' considering loosening federal marijuana regulations • Rhode Island Current
President Donald Trump’s administration is looking “very strongly” at reclassifying cannabis from the strictest category of controlled substances, Trump said Monday. In a brief affirmative response to...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump ‘very strongly’ considering loosening federal marijuana regulations. By @fischler.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/r...
Providence police shared the video on social media at 2:30 p.m., ahead of an update on their investigation scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Providence Public Safety Complex. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/p...
Providence police release motion recording of suspected gunman • Rhode Island Current
The Providence Police Department Monday afternoon released a new video recording of an individual who resembles the person of interest captured on video leaving Brown University's engineering building...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Providence police shared the video on social media at 2:30 p.m., ahead of an update on their investigation scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Providence Public Safety Complex. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/p...
Ella Cook, 19, of Alabama was described by her local church as a “bright light.” Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, who graduated from high school in Virginia, is recalled by his family as “incredibly kind, funny, and smart.” By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/t...
Two Brown University students who lost their lives in campus shooting identified • Rhode Island Current
The two Brown University students killed in Saturday’s mass shooting on campus have been identified as the vice president of the College Republicans from Alabama and an aspiring neurosurgeon originall...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ella Cook, 19, of Alabama was described by her local church as a “bright light.” Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, who graduated from high school in Virginia, is recalled by his family as “incredibly kind, funny, and smart.” By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/15/t...