In a psychic blow that will take hundreds of jobs out of Rhode Island, the iconic toymaker Hasbro announced plans Monday to relocate its longtime headquarters from Pawtucket to Boston’s Seaport District. Hasbro hailed the change as “a new era of play” and said seven floors in the new office “will house teams that power […]
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Posted inImmigration, Local, Politics
Rhode Island League of Women Voters barred from registering new citizens at naturalization events
The Rhode Island League of Women Voters is now barred from helping new citizens register to vote immediately after they become U.S. citizens. For almost two years, the League has been registering new citizens to vote in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Johnston. Last week, however, they were informed that they would […]
Posted inEnvironment, Local
Small earthquake recorded south of Jamestown
A small earthquake was recorded in Rhode Island around 11:30 Thursday night. The 1.8 magnitude quake happened just south of Jamestown, according to the United States Geological Survey. University of Rhode Island geosciences professor Brian Savage says although they’re rare, earthquakes do happen in the northeast. “The whole east coast is built up of large-scale […]
Posted inLocal, Politics, TGIF
TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Sept. 5, 2025
Get your PVDFest on this weekend. Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Sign up right here *** 1. STORY OF THE WEEK: Politics is not foremost in the minds […]
Posted inEnvironment, Local, South County Bureau
Rhode Island beaches hosted tiny gelatinous visitors this summer: salps
This summer, beachgoers across Rhode Island noticed something a little different in the water: tiny gelatinous blobs – smaller than a marble – floating in the waves and washing up onshore. But these squishy spheres were not jellyfish. Instead, they’re a different sea creature, called salps. “They’re a zooplankton,” according to Sean Colin, a professor […]
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Local
Rhode Island and Connecticut sue the Trump administration for halting Revolution Wind
Rhode Island and Connecticut are suing the Trump administration in an attempt to restart work on the Revolution Wind project off the Atlantic coast. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha on Thursday announced that he and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong plan to file the suit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island. Neronha said […]
Posted inArts And Culture, Local, South Coast Bureau
Savoring summer’s last days the New England way, with a clambake
The clambake is a way New Englanders savor the last days of summer. At Allen’s Neck, a corner of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where farmland meets the coast of Buzzards Bay, a Quaker meeting has hosted an annual clambake since the 1880s. This year, the clambake carried on as a hurricane blew past offshore. Members say the […]
Posted inEconomy, Health, Housing, Local
Rising housing costs put older Rhode Islanders’ health at risk
At 82, Roberta Rabinovitz had no place to go. A widow, she had lost both her daughters to cancer. She’d lived with one and then the other, nursing them until their deaths. Then she moved in with her brother in Florida and helped care for him, until he also died. “My doctor said, ‘Roberta, you […]
Posted inLocal, Metro Desk, Politics
Potential progressive rival not concerned about Smiley’s big fundraising edge
State Rep. David Morales faces an uphill battle if he challenges Providence Mayor Brett Smiley next year, although Morales said Tuesday he is not fazed by Smiley’s big advantage in campaign fundraising. Morales had about $68,000 in his campaign account at the end of June, a fraction of the $1 million in Smiley’s campaign account. […]
Posted inEducation, Environment, Local
Amid pressure to retract his research, a Brown University professor says it’s important to ‘be brave’
An environmental studies professor at Brown University is at the center of a fight that he says underscores the politics of wind energy. J. Timmons Roberts and the Climate and Development Lab at Brown he leads published work documenting the connections between the fossil fuel industry and groups opposed to offshore wind farms. Now, a […]
