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Cranston library suspends use of meeting space pending policy review

Hundreds protested the private Independent Women’s Network event on gender ideology, but the William Hall Library’s trustees allowed the anti-transgender event Monday, in the name of free speech.

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Rhode Island political news: September 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.
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Dan McKee and Ashley Kalus set three debates in their race for governor

The debates will be the first opportunities for the incumbent Democratic governor and his Republican challenger to mix it up head to head.
BLUE ECONOMY

Marking a Block Island wind farm milestone, and what it could mean: ‘A lot is coming fast’

It’s been more than 5 years since the Block Island wind farm became operational. Industry leaders say the farm demonstrates off-shore wind is more than just feasible.

PODCAST
Got a wicked Rhode Island accent? This dialect coach explains why
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Thom Jones talks about how he helped Miles Teller sound like boxer Vinny Paz and the “Brotherhood” cast sound like State House politicians and mobsters.

RI COURTS
Federal judge blocks R.I. truck tolls
Judge William Smith’s injunction blocking the tolls from being collected goes into effect in 48 hours.

RI POLITICS

2022 Rhode Island primaries: results, news, and analysis

Rhode Island voters braved the fog and rain to head to the polls Tuesday in a primary election that featured competitive Democratic races for governor, treasurer, and Providence mayor, as well as a 2nd Congressional District race with national implications. Read all of the results, news, and analysis from Globe Rhode Island.
See: All of the results from the 2022 R.I. Primary election
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Rhode Island political news: September 2022

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RI BUSINESS

Expansion of plastics components maker Igus gets early OK in East Providence

The Planning Board signed off on a master development plan for a $200 million, 707,000-square-foot expansion, the biggest industrial development in city history

RI POLITICS

Magaziner criticizes Fung on abortion access and for being on board of St. Thomas More Society of RI

But the local group for Catholic lawyers and judges is not a chapter of the national organization that filed legal briefs urging the Supreme Court to overturn Roe. v. Wade.

RHODE MAP

Poll: Governor McKee’s COVID-19 approval rating hits 44 percent

The number of Rhode Islanders who approve of how McKee is handling the pandemic is slowly ticking up, but he still trails behind most New England governors.

RI POLITICS

US Chamber of Commerce endorses Fung for Congress

Stephen McAllister, the chamber’s regional vice president and the Democratic Warwick City Council president, spoke about why the chamber is backing the Republican former Cranston mayor.

RI POLITICS

Recounts fail to change outcomes in R.I. races

AnderBois wins Providence City Council Ward 3 race by 28 votes, and Graves takes City Council Ward 12 primary by 13 votes.

RHODE MAP

A top aide to Senator Whitehouse is ready to break out on her own

Rele Abiade is leaving her job as Whitehouse's deputy state director to launch One Rhode Consulting, a mission-driven consulting firm.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Meet the woman who just helped Brett Smiley become mayor of Providence

No one’s stock in Rhode Island politics has risen more than Emily Crowell’s over the past decade.

US SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court shouldn’t be ‘inserting itself into every hot-button issue in America,’ Justice Kagan says

Speaking at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said a court does best “when it doesn’t allow personal political views, personal policy views to affect or infect its judging."