A few years ago I started hearing about how a Koch-backed company was buying marinas all over Rhode Island and up and down the East Coast. Jonny Williams and I spent the summer looking at why this is happening, and what it means for boaters & businesses providencejournal.com/story/business…

Patrick Anderson And afterwards he was mocked for eating a clam with a fork newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/seven-fun-fact…

The ACLU of Rhode Island chipping in $20k against a ConCon ricampaignfinance.com/ReportsScanned…

BREAKING: Newly-obtained pictures shows Cranston’s mayor driving an unregistered car with an aide. His explanation - plus new information on our explanation from Peter Neronha Providence Journal providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

The sunken barge that's been sitting half submerged in the Providence River for nearly 7 years may be finally coming out. NOAA has awarded RI a $1.5M grant to remove the wreck and turn it into art with the Steel Yard background: providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

The Warwick mayoral race hasn't been getting a lot of buzz, so worth noting that RI's top Dems are all headlining this fundraiser for their nominee Leah Hazelwood (a School Committee member) next week Incumbent Mayor Picozzi, an indy, got 59% in 2020 and was unopposed in 2022

Time says Secretary Gina Raimondo is a "shaper" of Artificial Intelligence time.com/7012777/gina-r…

'God has to be in this': RI's Baptists want to save Camp Canonicus. Are they too late? providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…

Rhode Island FC releases season-ticket pricing for next year at Tidewater Landing Single-game tickets start at $16.36 and go as high as $200 for "Platinum Club Seats." Season tickets range from $294.48 to $3,600, with several price points in between. providencejournal.com/story/sports/2…

If they can get the sunken barge and Russian submarine out, what's the reason for *not* building a big marina at RI Recycled Metals or somewhere else on Allens Ave?

What's that new wood building in Providence? Inside Community Music Works' new space. providencejournal.com/story/news/loc… via Wheeler Cowperthwaite

We spoke with GOP US Senate Patricia Morgan and Ray McKay about offshore wind, IVF, child tax credits, immigration and Iran. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

Draft re-write of Cranston's long expired Comprehensive Plan is out. On first look very status quo, as you'd expect. Sets out goal of *30* new affordable housing units per year citywide web.cranstonri.org/ClerkDocs/2024…

🆕Announcement: Starting Sunday night, September 8, RIDOT will begin bridge deck and beam demolition of the old Washington Bridge, necessitating overnight closures of Gano Street in Providence, where it passes under I-195. Demolition also will begin next week on the eastern

Rhode Island will ramp up on offshore wind as part of a massive project with Massachusetts providencejournal.com/story/business…

Smithfield will pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit by an ex-employee who alleged she was fired after reporting sexual harassment by a supervisor at a time she was also a witness in the high-profile criminal trial of a well-known political operative. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…