By Janine L. Weisman | Editor-in-Chief
Good Tuesday morning!
The Providence forecast calls for showers and possibly a thunderstorm today with the potential for heavy rainfall. Chance of precipitation is 100%, according to the National Weather Service. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
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High tide in Newport is at 1:50 p.m. Low tide is at 6:39 a.m. and 7:33 p.m. Sunset is at 8:21 p.m.
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The State Properties Committee meets at 10 a.m.
The Board of Elections meets at 4 p.m.
The Council on Postsecondary Education meets at 5:30 p.m.
Inflated energy costs and record heat are putting more pressure on ratepayers who must pay their bills — or else lose power. (Photo by Nancy Lavin/Rhode Island Current)
By Nancy Lavin
Demand for help with energy bills has spiked in Rhode Island after the seasonal protections against utility shutoffs during the winter expired. The United Way of Rhode Island has extended the deadline to apply for energy assistance grants to meet rising demand. “People are in crisis,” said Camilo Viveiros, executive director for the George Wiley Center in Pawtucket.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in Washington D.C. (Photo by HUD Office of Public Affairs)
By Christopher Shea
Three days after Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy struck down one version of the Trump administration's homelessness grant rules, a coalition of communities and nonprofits is back in court challenging the latest attempt to reshape federal funding priorities.
Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm near Block Island, Rhode Island. As the Trump administration blocks new permits and dangles billion-dollar buyout offers to convince developers to walk away from their wind projects, state leaders are hoping some companies share their conviction that the industry can be revived after Trump leaves office. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
By Alex Brown | Stateline
President Donald Trump's crackdown on offshore wind is reshaping clean energy plans across the U.S., forcing states like New York, Maryland and New Jersey to rethink strategies while fighting to keep the industry alive.
Fabian Schmidt, photographed here on May 26, 2026, sits in his apartment in Nashua, N.H. (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By William Skipworth | New Hampshire Bulletin
Sometimes Fabian Schmidt wakes up afraid in the middle of the night, briefly forgetting he’s no longer at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls where he spent two months last year after being detained by immigration officials at Boston Logan Airport. In the year since the German green card holder was freed, he’s made little sense of the ordeal other than to say he was caught up in the early days of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
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