Days after Mayor Brett Smiley vetoed the City Council's rent control ordinance, State Rep. David Morales (who is running for mayor) joined supporters of the measure and urged six councilmembers who voted against it to change their votes.
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NEW: Cranston’s push to override the state’s 4% tax cap is moving forward without backing from the city’s own legislative delegation, leading House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale of Foster to step in as the bill’s sponsor www.wpri.com/target-12/cr...
NEW: Veteran RI Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Lanphear has sent a letter to the governor announcing he is retiring.
Lanphear oversaw the busy land-use calendar launched by Speaker Shekarchi.
This will be yet another judgeship for McKee to pick.
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NEW: RI federal judge John McConnell dealt truckers another loss in legal fight over tolls.
The American Trucking Associations sought millions in legal fees for their 2018 lawsuit, but McConnell found their argument that they had "prevailed" dubious.
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NEW: A Boston police officer charged with manslaughter was once a patrolman in Providence.
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NEW: Vegan cheese, Italian sneakers and a $55 million deal gone sideways...
Inside the infamous Philly trip now at the center of an ethics trial in Rhode Island 👇
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Latest from RI State Police:
-269 spinouts
-25 accidents
-40 travel ban citations
CT lifting its travel ban presented challenge for troopers, with tractor trailers coming into the state.
Truck stop on 102 in Exeter is packed.
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Providence has towed 316 cars and issued 1,273 tickets. With more to come.
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Here is the punishment if you don't adhere to RI's travel ban.
RI State Police responded to 45 disabled vehicles on highways as of 8:15 a.m.
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NEW: Elderly homeless mother was trapped alive in her car with her dead son weeks before their bodies were discovered outside Miriam Hospital.
She faced single-digit temperatures after a major snowstorm blanketed Providence with 20 inches of snow.
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NEW: Hockey rink shooter Robert Dorgan was the father of Kevin Colantonio, who was convicted of setting fire to a predominantly Black church in RI in 2024.
Sources tell Target 12 Colantonio was influenced by Dorgan's far-right ideology. w/
@elisherman.bsky.social
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UPDATE: Texas bankruptcy judge backs RI's new plan for Roger Williams/Fatima, says they were on her mind as she watched TV coverage of Brown shooting
"It just made me hurt extra, thinking, what if they need these hospitals?"
& Centurion CEO sounds upbeat www.wpri.com/business-new...
JUST IN: Significant developments on the stalled sale of Roger Williams & Fatima hospitals
Centurion is getting more time to close its deal, and top lawmakers are introducing the bill for an $18M loan guarantee
*But* RI is also seeking alternative buyers www.wpri.com/business-new...
NEW: Brown University has tapped Bill Bratton's firm Teneo to conduct an after-action review and campus security assessment following the Dec. 13 shootings.
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STORY: The Providence City Council is introducing an ordinance this week that would put a 4% limit on annual rent hikes for some units across the city.
It's a controversial topic that's been widely discussed in recent years but never implemented.
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NEW: The would-be buyer of Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals says it's secured enough financing to close on the purchase...
IF state lawmakers rapidly pass a law creating an $18 million debt reserve fund to ease investors' concerns
Big decisions ahead www.wpri.com/business-new...
As RI colleges and universities are evaluating campus security after the deadly Dec. 13 shooting at Brown University, Rep. William O’Brien has once again filed legislation that would require state colleges to have armed police officers on campus.
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BREAKING: $14.9 billion @govdanmckee.bsky.social budget is out
• 3% surtax on millionaires
• WSJ ed board unhappy
• Trump blamed for HR1 costs
• Climate rollback saves $1B
• Tax cuts for seniors, parents
• $600M in bond Qs
2,000+ words, at your service > www.wpri.com/news/politic...
NEW: A Taunton-based soccer gear retailer will temporarily open up shop at Waterplace Pavilion, which has been vacant for over a year.
Meanwhile, two upscale restaurant groups are still vying for a long-term lease.
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NEW: Rhode Island is demanding corrective action from one of the state’s largest behavioral health care providers following allegations of improper and potentially duplicative billing totaling more than $1.3 million, Target 12 has learned www.wpri.com/target-12/th...
BREAKING: A Superior Court judge has thrown out an administrative panel’s decision to reinstate Providence police sergeant Joseph Hanley.
The decision means this long-running case will continue to drag on.
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NEW: Colleges and universities are in talks with the Providence Police Department to allow campus video feeds to be used by Real-Time Crime Center.
Only one school, Johnson and Wales, had signed an agreement prior to the Brown University attack.
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NEW: Helena Foulkes takes aim at the annual legislative fundraising circuit, hours before Shekarchi kicks it off
The Dem gov candidate wants a ban on lobbyist donations during session
Common Cause likes it, but a similar bill died in 2025 (ACLU opposed) www.wpri.com/news/electio...
BREAKING: Police are investigating possible ties between the shooting at Brown University on Saturday, and the killing of a MIT professor in Brookline, Mass. on Monday. w/ @elisherman.bsky.social @tednesi.bsky.social
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NEW: Mobster Ralph DeLeo strikes plea deal with prosecutors in murder plot case.
The octogenarian former crime boss was sentenced to two years in prison. w/ @elisherman.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Bob Craven is ending his campaign for AG after just four days.
His decision comes hours before Target 12 was set to air new details about his past legal troubles. w/
@tednesi.bsky.social
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NEW: A forensic audit the McKee administration has refused to release for more than a year shows state officials should have been aware of growing structural issues tied to the westbound Washington Bridge long before it abruptly closed in December 2023 www.wpri.com/target-12/fo...
We're in the courtroom now. We are expecting a former NKHS student athletes to give a victim impact statement.
Thomas himself will be given the opportunity to address the court.
NEW: RI Federal judge finds Trump administration policy denying arts grant money to applications that promote "gender ideology" is unconstitutional.
The ruling found the policy was viewpoint discrimination.
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NEWSMAKERS: State Rep. David Morales joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social + me to discuss his run for mayor, rents, police - and how he'd convince PVD retirees to accept pension cuts
Plus: two RI Republican leaders on Kirk and their 2026 strategy
Watch online now - tonight/Sunday on TV - or get the pod
