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RI COURTS

Judge refers R.I. attorney general to disciplinary board over his tweets

Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Procaccini accuses Attorney General Peter F. Neronha of violating rules of professional conduct with his tweets during a trial.

RI SHORE ACCESS
RI ACLU asks fire district to withdraw letters identifying public access donors as potential witnesses in shoreline dispute
The Weekapaug Fire District letters were perceived as an “intimidation tactic,” the RI ACLU said.

RI SPORTS
Ed Cooley, on leaving the place that raised him: ‘I needed something different for my own soul’
“Like, enough. I’d had enough. I’ve done it. I’ve lived here my whole life,” Cooley said, of his decision to leave Providence. He’s now dedicated to resurrecting the men’s basketball program at Georgetown.

RHODE MAP
R.I. congressmen split on another antisemitism vote
Representative Gabe Amo approved a resolution stating that anti-Zionism is antisemitism, while Representative Seth Magaziner voted "present." Neither explained their votes.

RI NEWS
Providence Streets Coalition urges city leaders to pursue strategy to minimize serious crashes
The group has been compiling data about traffic crashes and fatalities that have happened in the city over the last decade. They'd like to see changes.

RI ARTS
Trinity Rep reimagines Charles Dickens’ holiday classic ‘A Christmas Carol’
With a middle-aged Scrooge and several neurodivergent actors, director Stephen Thorne says this year's show “opens up opportunities for people to see themselves and their direct experience."

RI ARTS
‘Unearthing the Sky’ unearths big questions at Providence College Galleries
Cammie Staros’s show gallops through time and examines traditional museum display methods through a critical, contemporary lens.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Weekend outlook: Temps to jump into the 50s before wind and rain move in
If you have outdoor plans, the good news is precipitation should hold off until Sunday night.

Winter Outlook | Dave Epstein
Bracing for winter 2023: How much snow is in store for New England?
El Niño will play a major role in whether we have a mild season or not.

COMMENTARY | BILL BARTHOLOMEW
Amid housing crisis, R.I. must adapt existing structures to meet the moment
It is essential that existing non-residential properties are converted to house many R.I. communities, and that the new Adaptive Reuse law is not used as a means to create only luxury housing.

HEALTH
COVID rules have changed. Here’s what experts recommend if you test positive.
COVID cases are on the rise again, but treating the virus looks different this year than it has in years past.

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Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don’t like it.

The US Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates don’t like where things are heading.

RI DEVELOPMENT

A 1900s home near Providence Place Mall, R.I. State House could be redeveloped into mixed-use building

The Hayes Street home was once owned by the first principal of Central High School. A newly filed proposal would raze it and construct a five-story mixed-use building in its place.

JEFF JACOBY

What Hamas can learn from Hanukkah

However genocidal and powerful their enemies, the Jews and the Jewish faith have endured.

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Pinball machine museum going full tilt in Pawtucket

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum co-founders talk about the history, science, and design of pinball machines — and rocking out while playing the Rush machine.
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THINGS TO DO

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: Dec. 8-15

This week: Nazo Nutcracker, Taylor Swift party, square-dancing, ghost-hunting, farm fun, Grateful Dead tunes, and more!

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RI POLITICS

Neronha says he can’t appear before judge Friday, citing COVID exposure

Superior Court Judge Daniel Procaccini is scheduled to hear an objection Friday morning about whether the attorney general must appear before him regarding tweets during a trial.

THINGS TO DO

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: Dec. 8-15

This week: Nazo Nutcracker, Taylor Swift party, square-dancing, ghost-hunting, farm fun, Grateful Dead tunes, and more!

ADDRESS

Fannie Mae to make its secret condo blacklist public

But the information will be available only to homeowners’ associations. Move follows Globe story on how unsuspecting buyers and sellers were left in the dark.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

New York is great at the holidays. In the dead of winter, it’s even better.

The city is all decked out for Christmas, but come January, food, lodging, and shows are an absolute bargain.

men's college hockey notebook

The Providence men’s hockey team again is playing well, but this season the Friars are seeing the desired results

Providence is 9-4-2 and eighth in the PairWise rankings heading into Saturday’s first-half finale at Boston College (12-3-1).

RHODE MAP

A new push to update the R.I. public records law

State Senator Louis P. DiPalma has a New Year's resolution: Overhaul Rhode Island's Access to Public Records Act for the first time in more than a decade.

PODCAST

Pinball machine museum going full tilt in Pawtucket

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum co-founders talk about the history, science, and design of pinball machines — and rocking out while playing the Rush machine.

COMMENTARY | Amanda Barker and Emily Koo

Offshore Wind is critical to a livable and equitable future

Prioritizing ocean views over the climate crisis and the heightened risk to environmental justice communities is a form of energy privilege, write members of the Rhode Island State Committee of the New England for Offshore Wind Coalition.