Steph Machado
@StephMachado
Reporter for @BostonGlobe/@Globe_RI + @rhodeislandpbs. Alum of @wpri12, @wvnywfff, @SyracuseU. Adjunct @myrwu. Email me: [email protected]
RI Education Commissioner @AInfanteGreen says she’s “relieved” that the education funding will be released. RIDE has not received official notification on today’s announcement (which would include any terms and conditions on the money)
The US Dept of Education tells me they will start disbursing the funds next week
Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools bostonglobe.com/2025/07/25/nat…
Two federal lawsuits had been filed in RI over this withheld money by dozens of states, school districts and teachers unions. A hearing had just been set for August
Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools bostonglobe.com/2025/07/25/nat…
Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools bostonglobe.com/2025/07/25/nat…
NEW: Facing budget deficit, RIPTA proposes cuts to most bus routes, eliminating 16 routes altogether bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/met…
Providence Council president reverses course on Excel Academy deal -- Rhode Map by @DanMcGowan bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/met… via @BostonGlobe
🎙️Of our 225 #RIReport podcast episodes, the most popular is ... "Got a wicked Rhode Island accent? This dialect coach explains why." Check it out: bostonglobe.com/2022/09/22/met… via @BostonGlobe
New: Providence is retiring its emergency sirens, which were rarely used and only audible to people near the port Wireless alerts will warn of life-threatening emergencies, and the CodeRED system will alert about public info that is not life-threatening bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/met…
A RI beachfront home owner is suing the agency that governs the coastline, arguing conditions it outlined in a permit he needs to repair storm damage will take some of his land for public use and provide regulators unfettered access to his private property bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/met…
R.I. country club granted extension for plan to replace illegal seawall. “It’s just an instance of delay after delay,” said Christopher Dodge, of @SaveTheBayRI, one environmental group pushing for removal of the structure built without permission in 2023 bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/met…
A group of school districts and teachers unions, including some in red states, have filed suit over withheld federal education funding. This is separate from the lawsuit filed by 23 states last week, but both are in RI federal court bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met…
By @StephMachado -- Providence police oversight board slams department for ‘internal failures’ bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met… via @BostonGlobe
David Sweetser, owner of Providence’s Superman building, dies at 70 bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met… via @BostonGlobe
NEW: A resident of Gabriel House has filed a lawsuit against the company that operates the assisted living complex in Fall River, alleging the facility was not properly managed or maintained, and that “emergency response procedures were not in place.” bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met…
The Bristol County DA’s Office is scheduled to hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon in Fall River regarding “certain preliminary findings” of the investigation into the fire that killed 10 people at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met…
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-…
The @RIDeptEd says they've received notice that $6.5 million after-school/summer programs that was withheld will be released to Rhode Island on Monday. No word yet on the other ~ $23 million in education funding that was withheld
The AP reports that the Trump administration will release $1 billion that was withheld on July 1 for after-school programs, but continues to hold back the rest of the $5 billion in other education funding apnews.com/article/educat…
The AP reports that the Trump administration will release $1 billion that was withheld on July 1 for after-school programs, but continues to hold back the rest of the $5 billion in other education funding apnews.com/article/educat…
More than two dozen RI businesses have pledged to prohibit immigration enforcement agents from their stores, restaurants, and establishments without a judicial warrant, under a new initiative organized by the Rhode Island Deportation Defense Coalition. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/met…
LINK to @BostonGlobe / @Globe_RI story: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/met…