The Red Sox win 4-3 over the Cubs and with that, they are officially heading the Bronx to face the Yankees in the Wild Card series. Game 1 on Tuesday night. @wpri12

Great zoom-out from @IanDonnis here about how the RI Democratic Party's slow but steady shift to the left was foretold in legislative elections, one by one oceanstatemedia.org/politics…

Rhode Island’s two candidates for lieutenant governor sparred Friday on 12 News. Watch the full debate in the latest episode of Newsmakers, airing Friday at 6:30 p.m., Sundays at 5:30 and 10 a.m., and any time on the WPRI 12+ TV app. @tednesi @timwhiteri

Tax-exempt Johnson & Wales University operates campuses in Providence and Cranston, but since 2023, it has made voluntary payments only to the capital city. One candidate for Cranston City Council is hoping to change that: wpri.com/news/local-news/wes…

NEW: The LG race looks like the one to watch in RI this fall, per a new @UNHSurveyCenter poll Matos: 48% Loughlin: 44% DK: 7% Foulkes: 44% Block: 25% Guckian: 17% DK: 10% Reed: 53% McKay: 33% DK: 8% McKee job approval: 15/83 Trump job approval: 35/65 wpri.com/news/elections/poll…

Sen. Whitehouse - EPW top Dem and lead in the permitting talks - responds to the W.H.: "This is odd. We don’t even have final bill text to share with colleagues. The standard process for senators’ review and for consideration of amendments has not even begun. We don’t have a clear definition of regulatory regular order for wind and solar. Stakeholders need to review and digest. The White House conceded the House would likely not be back before the election to pass the bill, so what’s the rush? Not sure what freaked them out, particularly when their party controls both Houses, but it’s pretty standard for legislators and stakeholders to want to read a major bill and propose improvements. Kinda Legislation 101. Everybody chill and let’s get this done."

Also, John Marion of @commoncauseri is right. The state's public record's law is applied subjectively. We are litigating these things way too much. Marion: “If they want to be forthcoming, the law doesn’t prevent them from being forthcoming.”

Today the WHCA joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and nearly 50 news organizations in filing an amicus brief urging the court to immediately reverse the administration's ban on CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO. The brief makes clear what the law has long established: the government cannot remove journalists from the White House because it dislikes their reporting. That is viewpoint discrimination, and a clear violation of the First Amendment. Today the WHCA backs that position in court, urging relief without delay. See the brief here: storage.courtlistener.com/re… Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President

Some members of the Providence School Board want change at the top. (h/t @DanMcGowan) The board plans to discuss the job performance of Ty'Relle Stephens. No vote will be taken. Stephens tells me he welcomes the conversation. wpri.com/news/local-news/pro…

NEW: RI's biggest health system, Brown Health, just cut an undisclosed number of “senior-level” jobs as the end of its fiscal year draws near wpri.com/business-news/brown…

NEW: Foulkes campaign confirms it is refunding $10,500 to donors who gave contributions above legal limit Rival @KenBlockRI says the issue "should cause real concern for Rhode Island voters" wpri.com/news/elections/bloc…

Providence is poised to have a pro-Palestine mayor, leaving its Jewish community at a crossroads My latest, with @StephMachado: bostonglobe.com/2026/09/22/m…

Here's my weekly briefing (and more): wpri.com/?p=3163964

During a visit to RI on Sunday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a roundtable with healthcare workers and spoke out against Medicaid cuts. @tednesi has the details here: wpri.com/news/elections/hake…

Lots of noteworthy points in @DavidMoralesPVD’s interview with @TedNesi & @TimWhiteRI - public safety, working with @HelenaBFoulkes, next steps on housing, PILOT & more wpri.com/news/local-news/ted…

My Saturday column: wpri.com/?p=3163964

excited for this one

.@IanDonnis looks at the opportunities and challenges for the @KenBlockRI Gov campaign oceanstatemedia.org/politics…

Thank you, @TimWhiteRI.

In 1863 a NYT reporter "trudged through the violated Pennsylvania landscape on a solitary quest ... searching for one particular Union soldier who was said to have had his leg blown off. His teenage son." Beautifully written by @DanBarryNYT nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/ge…