By Janine L. Weisman | Editor-in-Chief
Good Tuesday morning!
It will be a sunny day in Providence with a high near 52, the National Weather Service says.
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High tide in Jamestown is at 11:42 a.m. Low tide is at 5:04 p.m. Sunset is at 7:32 p.m.
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The General Assembly is on Spring Recess this week.
Gov. Dan McKee and Rhode Island Department of Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green visit the Boys & Girls Club of Warwick at 10 a.m. to highlight McKee’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, which includes a $2 million for the Learn365RI out-of-school learning opportunities initiative.
At 1 p.m., McKee speaks at a ribbon cutting for the I-195 District Commission's new park pavilion in Providence. Then at 4, McKee speaks at the Remarkable Women Ceremony at East Providence City Hall.
Providence mayoral candidate and Democratic state Rep. David Morales speaks outside City Hall on Monday, April 20, 2026, calling on the City Council to override Mayor Brett Smiley’s veto of the rent stabilization ordinance passed last week. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
By Alexander Castro
Providence mayoral candidate David Morales on Monday blasted Mayor Brett Smiley’s veto Friday of the rent stabilization ordinance passed Thursday night by the City Council. Morales urged the six City Council members who voted against the plan to switch their votes. If at least one of them does, the council can override Smiley's veto.
A Mr. Potato Head stands vigil outside Hasbro Inc’s headquarters on Newport Avenue in Pawtucket. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
By Nancy Lavin
A former Hasbro employee has filed a class-action lawsuit against the toymaker over a March 28 data breach that she claims may have compromised the personal information of potentially thousands of employees and customers. The rise in class-action privacy lawsuits has not led to many plaintiff successes due to inability to meet standards set by the U.S. Constitution.
An internal poll suggests independent Ken Block could compete in Rhode Island’s governor’s race — even leading Gov. Dan McKee after voters were told about the Barrington software developer’s experience as an outsider. (Courtesy photo)
By Christopher Shea
An internal poll suggests independent Ken Block could compete in Rhode Island’s governor’s race. And he could even lead Gov. Dan McKee if voters learn about the Barrington software developer’s experience as an outsider.
A red, blotchy rash that is the trademark symptom of measles is shown. People are contagious for four days before and after the rash appears. (iStock/Getty Images)
By Alexander Castro
A Providence County man in his 40s who returned to Rhode Island on April 13 after traveling abroad went to a Johnston medical treatment center two days later, where he tested positive for measles. He's now the state's first 2026 confirmed case of measles.
Jeffrey Scott Hornoff, a former Warwick, R.I., police officer who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent over six years in prison, gives water to his Japanese Mastiff service dog in the halls of the New Hampshire State House after testifying in favor of House Bill 1422 on April 14, 2026. (Photo by William Skipworth/The New Hampshire Bulletin)
By William Skipworth | New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire state law allows convicts three years to request a new trial. After that, they lose the right. That’s true even if new evidence contradicting their guilt emerges. Jeffrey Scott Hornoff, the former Warwick, Rhode Island, police officer who spent over six years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, testified in Concord last week in support of a bill that would eliminate that three-year deadline, a measure proponents believe will help wrongfully convicted prisoners regain their freedom.
ICYMI
Evictions fell slightly in 2025, but some areas saw upticks, report finds | Robbie Sequeira, Stateline
Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as secretary of the US Department of Labor | Ariana Figueroa, D.C. Bureau
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