Informative Tom Mooney piece today about what comes next after the US Attorney's broadside against DCYF

'Cunha’s findings were anything but new to those familiar with [DCYF] ... Also not new were some of the remedial steps Cunha offered for the state' providencejournal.com/story/news/cri…

Cape May, New Jersey, playing the role of 1965 Newport for filming of new Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothee Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown.” Why not Newport, though?

NEW: Advocates for Better Care in Rhode Island (ABC-RI) are advocating for legislation that would require long-term care facilities to allow residents to have a security camera in their room. The organization's Director Kathleen Gerard joins me on today's Bartholomewtown

“If you live on the coastline, as I do, what you see increasingly is consolidation — perhaps to the point of requiring antitrust intervention — and increasingly pushing small boat owners, people who would access the shore, farther away from it,” Peter Neronha bostonglobe.com/2024/05/14/met…

BREAKING: Inside McKee's 11th hour pitch to keep Citizens Bank - and its jobs - in RI. Here's the proposed tax deal & request to buy a Citizens' owned bldg in EProv for up to $44.5M including borrowing costs:
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The context: Massachusetts has already enacted 'single sales' tax policy for banks - takes effect Jan. 1

So RI now faces a decision point on whether to match MA or roll the dice to see if Citizens (and other banks) will actually move operations across the border to save money

.Governor Dan McKee wants to borrow $34 million to buy an East Providence office building from Citizens and move state agencies there

At the same time he's proposed tax changes that could help the RI-based bank, which has warned of leaving

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CASTING CALL!

Looking for actors, dancers, and/or models (18-29) to portray WWI-era sailors. The roles are silent and movement based. Filming happens later this month in Newport, RI. Locals preferred but housing may be available for certain performers. (1/4)

During the floor debate, it was described as anything that was not a criminal offense. That would be the vast majority of police misconduct cases. This language is in direct conflict with @peterneronha’s policy that BWC videos are public under APRA. (2/2)

The LEOBOR bill that passed the House last week has language in it that would prevent the release of body worn camera video in police misconduct cases. If passed, it would prohibit the release of 'minor' infractions. But does not define what that is. (1/2)

You might ask yourself- 'Why's the Woonasquatucket River Green?' The City of Providence is performing dye tests to better understand where storm-water systems connect to the river. It’s a non-toxic tracing dye which will flush out and dilute very quickly.

Body cam footage could be harder to get with the 'LEOBOR' reform bill headed for final vote. Why advocates aren't happy about it. And why legislative leaders are standing pat:
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Here are the 7 sites where RIPTA says it is looking to potentially build a new bus hub

You can see maps and vote on them at the civic center until 7 tonight. (cannot vote for Kennedy Plaza)

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'Lunch shaming' was a scandal in RI. These schools still have the policies. providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…

I mapped out the named squares* of Providence!

*and a bunch of other public spaces that memorialize the people of Providence like plazas, piazzas, parks, parkways, fountains, tot lots, little league fields, and even a telephone pole.

Take a closer look: google.com/maps/d/u/2/edi…

'Appalling': Feds accuse RI DCYF of 'warehousing' children at Bradley Hospital. What to know. providencejournal.com/story/news/cri… via Providence Journal

'When the herring are running, shadbush and forsythia are blooming, and signs advertising May breakfasts are popping up outside white clapboard churches, another rite of spring is around the corner: Financial Town Meetings.' A very RI sentence written by Antonia Noori Farzan!

Political Scene: Once the epitome of New England democracy, the Financial Town Meeting is fading in RI. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol… via Antonia Noori Farzan

And I should add my thanks to Antonia Noori Farzan for reaching out. So glad she included Peter Skwirz's great piece in the Rhode Island Bar Journal. ribar.com/UserFiles/File…

One of the reasons I love my job so much is that I get to explore and discuss things like Rhode Island's traditional financial town meeting and then try to link them to modern practices like participatory budgeting. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…