Bring the kids! Trick-or-Treat on the pedestrian bridge, #Providence

Rhode Island health centers raise alarm over proposed Medicaid cuts @ThePublicsRadio Seth Magaziner thepublicsradio.org/health/rhode-i…

Clearing up some confusion here: my colleague Lynn Arditi called the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center. They are NOT closing, contrary to what protesters and a former Standard-Times editor said yesterday

“Regardless of whether a podiatrist or dental hygienist or whatever else, we should not have a volunteer council making regulatory decisions about our coastline,” Jed Thorp of Save The Bay said. bostonglobe.com/2025/03/14/met… via The Boston Globe

Rhode Islanders can’t find doctors, and Anchor Medical closure will only make it worse @ThePublicsRadio tinyurl.com/y34kyx4m #health

Medicaid accounted for 19% of all spending on hospital care in 2023, or $283 billion out of $1.5 trillion. Absorbing cuts in Medicaid spending could be challenging for hospitals and may accelerate the pace of hospital closures, including in rural areas. on.kff.org/41HDoKR

Butler Hospital says it spent $3.2 million on temp workers to keep the hospital running during the strike ⁦@ThePublicsRadio⁩ thepublicsradio.org/local/butler-h…

Meanwhile, at Butler, Lynn Arditi reported the understaffed hospital allowed an unlicensed medical assistant to do a procedure prohibited under state regulations thepublicsradio.org/health/rhode-i…

Lynn Arditi This is the 58th day of the strike. Workers and managers are still trying to negotiate a contract. And they’ve fought over whether the striking workers have a right to their health insurance and unemployment benefits

This is an invasive species infestation with an unusually clear origin story. It shows how individual actions can have a real impact on our ecosystems. Be careful what you plant…. thepublicsradio.org/environment/ho…

Staffing shortages, rise in workplace violence fueling strike at Butler Hospital, via Lynn Arditi   thepublicsradio.org/local/staffing…

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-…

The median age for a first-time home buyer in the U.S. has climbed to 38 - up from 31 a decade ago npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-…

New: The Republican tax and spending mega-law will cut Medicaid in every state, but the effects are biggest in states that have expanded Medicaid under the ACA.

An SUV driven by ICE agents crashed into a car, taking down a pole at Chalkstone Ave and Raymond St in Providence. Witnesses say the agents were conducting an operation a block away at the time, and this SUV was going through a red light, slamming into the white car. WPRI 12

Brown shooting leaves a community searching for answers. But R.I. law lets 911 calls, university police records stay hidden. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/12/18/bro…

Background from ProPublica + Lynn Arditi propublica.org/series/a-911-e…