Patrick Anderson
@waveelection.bsky.social
Providence Journal political reporter
From baby bonds to hearing aids, these RI laws go into effect in 2026
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From baby bonds to hearing aids, these RI laws go into effect in 2026
The most high-profile laws − think guns, payday lending and beachfront mansions − approved this past summer go into effect later in the year.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
From baby bonds to hearing aids, these RI laws go into effect in 2026
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I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
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We've hit the bottom!
Lowest solar noon of the year. Time to start gaining daylight again tomorrow. #HappySolstice
Lowest solar noon of the year. Time to start gaining daylight again tomorrow. #HappySolstice
December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We've hit the bottom!
Lowest solar noon of the year. Time to start gaining daylight again tomorrow. #HappySolstice
Lowest solar noon of the year. Time to start gaining daylight again tomorrow. #HappySolstice
'Confrontational': What former classmates say about Claudio Neves Valente
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'Confrontational': What former classmates say about Claudio Neves Valente
Former TA recalled that Neves Valente had an "unpleasant" attitude and was hostile to classmates who he didn't think were as "brilliant" as him.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
'Confrontational': What former classmates say about Claudio Neves Valente
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Gov Hochul will veto a bill to require both a conductor and a driver on every subway train, according to two sources familiar with the decision. Story to follow. Details on the bill here:
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Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?
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December 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Gov Hochul will veto a bill to require both a conductor and a driver on every subway train, according to two sources familiar with the decision. Story to follow. Details on the bill here:
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'We got him': Claudio Neves Valente responsible for Brown, MIT shootings
Law enforcement tracked Neves Valente to a Salem, New Hampshire storage unit, where they found Neves Valente dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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How a Reddit post helped crack the Brown University shooting
"Holy [expletive]. That might be it"
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"Holy [expletive]. That might be it"
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Brown University shooting updates: Shooter found dead, also killed MIT professor
The shooter was a 48-year-old Portuguese national, Claudio Neves Valente, a former Brown student with a last known address of Miami, Florida.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
How a Reddit post helped crack the Brown University shooting
"Holy [expletive]. That might be it"
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"Holy [expletive]. That might be it"
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Chief Perez: video of car matched to info from Flok cameras lead to person, a Portuguese national and Brown student, now dead
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Chief Perez: video of car matched to info from Flok cameras lead to person, a Portuguese national and Brown student, now dead
Providence Police in Salem, NH as hunt for Brown University shooter intensifies
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Brown University shooting updates: Police pursuing person of interest, reports say
"He could be anywhere," said Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez said. "We don’t know where the person is or who he is."
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December 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Providence Police in Salem, NH as hunt for Brown University shooter intensifies
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Brown shooting news conference, had been slated for 4pm, now delayed, timing “fluid.” Hope here is for a break in the case
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Brown shooting news conference, had been slated for 4pm, now delayed, timing “fluid.” Hope here is for a break in the case
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Feels like the UK’s transit construction is finally hitting the wall the USA ran into with new projects about 6 or 7 years ago. Bilbao is getting more transit while Leeds and London aren’t because Spain can build transit cheaply.
The Basque Government/Biscay provincial government have just agreed to finance the FIFTH new Bilbao metro line covering a population of roughly that of Leeds and Bradford. Every station and platform is fully accessible and the current maximum fare is 0.76€ per journey.
Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?
Yeah, as I was saying...
Yeah, as I was saying...
December 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Feels like the UK’s transit construction is finally hitting the wall the USA ran into with new projects about 6 or 7 years ago. Bilbao is getting more transit while Leeds and London aren’t because Spain can build transit cheaply.
From running for governor to a millionaires tax, Shekarchi says 'everything is on the table'
Does not rule out launching a gov campaign in first 3 months and keeping speaker's gavel for 2026 session
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Does not rule out launching a gov campaign in first 3 months and keeping speaker's gavel for 2026 session
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From governor run to taxes, Shekarchi says 'everything is on the table'
Housing affordability remains a Shekarchi priority, but he acknowledges that health care has risen to the top of the policy agenda.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From running for governor to a millionaires tax, Shekarchi says 'everything is on the table'
Does not rule out launching a gov campaign in first 3 months and keeping speaker's gavel for 2026 session
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Does not rule out launching a gov campaign in first 3 months and keeping speaker's gavel for 2026 session
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Brown University shooter search Day 5:
- Focus moves south and east to Wickenden and Gano
- Last image of masked Person Of Interest after shooting now at Pitman and Ives
- Police want to talk to another person who came close to masked man pre-shooting
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- Focus moves south and east to Wickenden and Gano
- Last image of masked Person Of Interest after shooting now at Pitman and Ives
- Police want to talk to another person who came close to masked man pre-shooting
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December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Brown University shooter search Day 5:
- Focus moves south and east to Wickenden and Gano
- Last image of masked Person Of Interest after shooting now at Pitman and Ives
- Police want to talk to another person who came close to masked man pre-shooting
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- Focus moves south and east to Wickenden and Gano
- Last image of masked Person Of Interest after shooting now at Pitman and Ives
- Police want to talk to another person who came close to masked man pre-shooting
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Smiley’s Wednesday message: “We will get through this”
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Smiley’s Wednesday message: “We will get through this”
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Welcome to the worst part of the season, when every player who gets hurt for two weeks is "out for the year" and by the time you figure out what that means you've already been tricked into reflecting on your own fleeting mortality, happy holidays
December 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Welcome to the worst part of the season, when every player who gets hurt for two weeks is "out for the year" and by the time you figure out what that means you've already been tricked into reflecting on your own fleeting mortality, happy holidays
What comes next?
"We have a murderer out there, frankly," AG Neronha said. "We're not going to give the game away"
In a world of increasing video surveillance, appears to have been few, if any, cameras inside Brown building where shooting happened
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"We have a murderer out there, frankly," AG Neronha said. "We're not going to give the game away"
In a world of increasing video surveillance, appears to have been few, if any, cameras inside Brown building where shooting happened
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December 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
What comes next?
"We have a murderer out there, frankly," AG Neronha said. "We're not going to give the game away"
In a world of increasing video surveillance, appears to have been few, if any, cameras inside Brown building where shooting happened
www.providencejournal.com/live-story/n...
"We have a murderer out there, frankly," AG Neronha said. "We're not going to give the game away"
In a world of increasing video surveillance, appears to have been few, if any, cameras inside Brown building where shooting happened
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Person of interest detained in Brown University shooting has been released.
AG Neronha says the evidence "now points in a different direction"
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AG Neronha says the evidence "now points in a different direction"
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Brown University mass shooting live updates: Media reports ID person of interest
Multiple media reports have identified the person of interest as a Wisconsin man.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Person of interest detained in Brown University shooting has been released.
AG Neronha says the evidence "now points in a different direction"
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AG Neronha says the evidence "now points in a different direction"
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Police have detained a person of interest in Brown shooting; shelter in place lifted
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2 dead, 9 injured at Brown University, person of interest in custody
Two Brown University students were killed and eight injured in a mass shooting in the engineering building. Another person was injured by shrapnel.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Police have detained a person of interest in Brown shooting; shelter in place lifted
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Updated patient conditions
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Updated patient conditions
Mayor Smiley: 2 dead, eight in critical condition in Brown University shooting
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Live updates: Active shooter reported at Brown University
Brown University is on lockdown after reports of an active shooter near the Barus and Holley Engineering building on Thayer Street.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Mayor Smiley: 2 dead, eight in critical condition in Brown University shooting
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On the 2 year anniversary of Wash Bridge closure, leaked lawsuit docs provide a glimpse into the critical decision in 2019-2020 to repair the ailing bridge instead of replacing it
RIDOT had 2 engineering firms study new span as part of widening project
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RIDOT had 2 engineering firms study new span as part of widening project
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RI could have replaced the doomed Washington Bridge span in 2019. Why didn't they?
Two engineering firms studied replacing the bridge, but the state opted for repairing it instead, leading to its closure in 2023.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
On the 2 year anniversary of Wash Bridge closure, leaked lawsuit docs provide a glimpse into the critical decision in 2019-2020 to repair the ailing bridge instead of replacing it
RIDOT had 2 engineering firms study new span as part of widening project
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RIDOT had 2 engineering firms study new span as part of widening project
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A story that is literally about the meaning of the word literal.
Speaker Shekarchi created a special land use court to try to speed zoning cases - and now every housing dispute is handled by the parking judge
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Speaker Shekarchi created a special land use court to try to speed zoning cases - and now every housing dispute is handled by the parking judge
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Judge strikes down approval for 75-unit apartment building in Providence
A judge struck down plans for a 75-unit mixed-use building on Wickenden Street that seems to limit municipal zoning authority
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December 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A story that is literally about the meaning of the word literal.
Speaker Shekarchi created a special land use court to try to speed zoning cases - and now every housing dispute is handled by the parking judge
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Speaker Shekarchi created a special land use court to try to speed zoning cases - and now every housing dispute is handled by the parking judge
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