By Janine L. Weisman | Editor-in-Chief
Good Friday morning!
A mostly cloudy day is in store for Providence today with a low temperature around 65 degrees. But we certainly hope our voter guide for the Nov. 3 general election, now live on our home page, will make things clear for our readers.
Sunday is the deadline to update your voter registration, if you have a new name or address, or register to vote if you are new to the state to be eligible to vote in the election.
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High tide on Block Island is at 12:33 p.m. Low tide was at 5:30 a.m. and happens again at 7:38 p.m. Sunrise is at 6:44 a.m. Sunset is at 6:26 p.m.
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U.S. Sen. Jack Reed speaks at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of Rhode Island’s 13th annual Rhode Island Research Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick.
CORRECTION: A photo caption in Thursday’s newsletter incorrectly labeled gubernatorial candidate Ken Block as a Republican when he is in fact an independent.
By Rhode Island Current Staff
Stay on top of the deadlines for voter registration and applying for a mail ballot. Learn how to find a sample ballot. See who’s running and what they have to say about the important issues facing Rhode Island.
States are increasingly targeting platforms like Kalshi, arguing they circumvent the protections and taxes of regulated gambling markets. (Image courtesy of Dustin Goucher/Event Horizon newsletter)
By Kevin Hardy | Stateline
Kalshi, Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million this year on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels, according to a new report from the government watchdog group OpenSecrets.
A construction worker retrieves plywood sheets lifted to the roof of a affordable housing complex for seniors under construction in Portsmouth. (Photo by Janine L. Weisman/Rhode Island Current)
By Robbie Sequeira | Stateline
Rhode Island is one of four states where voters this November will decide housing-related ballot measures, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable homes. The six measures across all the states are the highest number in a single election year in at least two decades.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
By Jennifer Shutt | D.C. Bureau
The U.S. Senate left Washington, D.C., Wednesday night with major legislation unresolved, including government funding, the farm bill, defense policy and a bipartisan permitting deal.
ICYMI
These 5 changes for Rhode Island Medicaid take effect Oct. 1 | Alexander Castro
Voter registration deadline is Sunday, Oct. 4 | Christopher Shea
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