Nancy Lavin

To cover a $10 million deficit, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority on Thursday laid out a wide-ranging plan for service cuts. And just how deep are they? Well, it might be easier to say what’s not on the chopping block. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/07/24/cas…

Are fish ladders effective at helping herring? I dug into this question and it is a lot harder to answer that you'd think: ecori.org/how-helpful-ar… @ecoRInews

In Portsmouth tonight: the EFSB is holding public comment on the export cables running through town as proposed by the SouthCoast Wind project

A measure that would set a national framework for college athletes’ compensation got one step closer to becoming law Wednesday after advancing in two separate House panels. My latest for @statesnewsroom: newsfromthestates.com/article/us-hou…

Brown Health considers closing more facilities. Why it's being called 'catastrophic' providencejournal.com/story/news/hea… via @projo

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN KILAMR ABREGO GARCIA CASE: Judges order Abrego Garcia released, returned to Maryland and deportation delayed--story by @Ashley__Murray for States Newsroom DC newsfromthestates.com/article/judges…

Hasbro rebounds after tariff scare, but keeps mum on potential move to Massachusetts rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/07/23/has…

Lots of talk about tariffs and consumer pricing in @Hasbro Q2 earnings call... but no mention of an HQ move to Massachusetts, which execs previously indicated they would provide an update on sometime this summer

Adulthood is just saying, "next month should be less hectic" over and over until you die

The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council’s unanimous vote Tuesday night honors a request by attorneys for the North Kingstown country club for an extra 30 days to submit its restoration plan linked to the removal of an illegal rock wall. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/07/22/crm…

.@RI_CRMC votes to give Quidnessett another extension of 30 days to submit a new plan for restoring the shoreline along its golf course to the pre-rock wall state. Much debate about length of time, and whether extension was warranted given that they already missed 7/10 deadline

POLITICAL SCENE: Why RI is paying out more and more police and fire disability pensions? Hint: RI legislators have year after year passed laws to qualify police and firefighters for earlier retirements/more generous benefits than "Pension Reform" allowed providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

A former engineer said RIDOT mishandled the Washington Bridge demo. Here's their response. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol… via @projo

Trump tax law runs up deficit by $3.4T, throws 10 million off health insurance, CBO says w/ @jacob_fischler @ShauneenMiranda newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-…

.@wearerienergy knows customers are heated. Cue the ‘good news’ press conference. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/07/21/r-i…

Quidnessett Country Club files suit against @RI_CRMC , alleging coastal panel broke its own rules rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/07/21/qui…

Cultivator Ocean State Botanicals LLC will obtain the license and adopt the name “Newport Cannabis Company.” Cannabis commission approves licence transfer; social equity license vendor pbn.com/cannabis-commi… via @ProvBusNews

.@Val_Lawson is among the lawmakers who got campaign donations from @SenatorRuggerio's campaign account after his death on 4/21. Many others got donations in the weeks before Ruggerio's passing (#3) thepublicsradio.org/tgif/tgif-ian-…

DOJ asked about R.I. voter rolls 8 days ago. Secretary of State Gregg Amore hasn’t answered yet. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/07/18/doj…

The financial woes of RI's 33 (now 36) municipal-run pension plans don't make the headlines as much today compared with a decade ago - but they are still $2.7 billion underwater Big variation among cities/towns - @Eli_Sherman and I have all the data here wpri.com/news/politics-…