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font-size: x-large;"><b>Climate change risk pushes insurers to cancel coastal home insurance<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPv3iLDCT_byW7Hh5QuHOLqy7oOXoOsSaKQhkP5u3RFppoRRudfIHC6Bq4WxN3s_dOV3hGclMRmYyFJxzqXqV23GdNvsUZTpaFodWQfe9PxesEiQhJklxHFQQG-6-iX97jL1oyfagg0LhN_BtcbKoEGWrahMJMg0966gAcc0_-ArRaRrwhxswPZFfHGE/s300/download%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPv3iLDCT_byW7Hh5QuHOLqy7oOXoOsSaKQhkP5u3RFppoRRudfIHC6Bq4WxN3s_dOV3hGclMRmYyFJxzqXqV23GdNvsUZTpaFodWQfe9PxesEiQhJklxHFQQG-6-iX97jL1oyfagg0LhN_BtcbKoEGWrahMJMg0966gAcc0_-ArRaRrwhxswPZFfHGE/w400-h224/download%20(1).jpeg" width="400"></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Senate approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Victoria Gu to require insurers to provide customers with advance notice of nonrenewal for homeowners and residential fire insurance policies.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“Insurance companies are being a lot more selective about the location and the condition of the houses they insure, declining to cover homes in coastal areas or with older roofs or water heaters,” said Senator Gu (D-Dist. 38, Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“The 60 days’ advance notice will help homeowners find alternative insurance coverage and find tradespeople if they need to fix something at their house in order to continue insurance coverage.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>EDITOR&#39;S NOTE: Cathy and I went through this last year TWICE, each time finding insurance companies were changing the rules about covering properties near the coast. Once you find coverage, or maybe I should say IF you find coverage, prices are way up.  - Will Collette</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/ri-senate-passes-victoria-gu-bill-to.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/ri-senate-passes-victoria-gu-bill-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-3681264174453378485Wed, 20 May 2026 15:59:00 +00002026-05-20T11:59:00.113-04:002026 electionAffordable HousingDonald TrumpeconomyFoulkesJack ReedJoe ShekarchiKen BlockMcKee<p><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>59% Say Rhode Island Is Headed in the Wrong Direction</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL1oCEIakuG---66t_haZqNI3t68vKTJE-P9VnKkjHIv7fkbsNk1DMumT-gEs0GtOIJ5_gHpOdcK9X4PDIQvC_bTBJOg_qLhuEmqCuuVbnUyCFVsTxASqoOO8_xdBjRQX0C1SJRGNuWLuI9WRbxt-ww9KaKMSiU-m2P1VOvZqweVa_x-cB7n0Ev0dG4Fk" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5" width="623"><br></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A new Emerson College Polling/WPRI-TV 12 News survey of Rhode Island finds incumbent Governor Dan McKee trailing businesswoman Helena Foulkes in the Democratic primary by 20 points, 20% to 40%. Thirty-seven percent are undecided ahead of the September primary. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:467.5pt; height:193.5pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/Users/willc/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image003.png" o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Registered Democrats support Foulkes over Governor McKee by a 12-point margin, 37% to 25%, while independent voters break more significantly for Foulkes by 32 points, 45% to 13%,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">McKee is viewed unfavorably by 60% of Rhode Island voters, while 21% have a favorable view of him. Among Democratic Primary voters, 29% have a favorable view of McKee and 50% an unfavorable view. Foulkes’ favorability is split: 27% have a favorable view of her and 29% have an unfavorable view of her. Among Democratic Primary voters, 35% have a favorable view of Foulkes and 23% an unfavorable view. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:467.5pt; height:228.5pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/Users/willc/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image005.png" o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjakQiCyNMspGj9-BPK0i_xw8fy5VIZPnDrMOSQlgDtktGbfjJNdJSp4PVIOrBYzV5VrNjQRv2sG3i74XH2cyRkYSht28ooU58NCbGqHNo9Z6V7kVdiG_gdBefcqxC6l5sLWi-9uGh5ikDglt4WblG5h40Kn4aG91yjBZBuSR07H_0v4xI6C9SQcbFGyjo" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4" width="623"><!--[endif]--></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/newest-poll-shows-helena-foulkes.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/newest-poll-shows-helena-foulkes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2616154092258424964Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +00002026-05-20T09:00:00.124-04:00crimeDonald TrumpimmigrationJD VanceMedicare<p><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>It&#39;s odd that fraud only seems to happen in blue states</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/author/julia-conley">Julia Conley</a> for Common Dreams</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO88X907vMRDFi4J20oaRMn_txJBTXgGryWOyfSCWEFU9BTx4KqoPnPyqicDAiD9XJPuUXt4-nTMUMfNdi8c-lQlPHoaKs2QsGprpaYtuODFj_31h8GbHFfef3i9ZVnDbBB-4nUAxF4DCoDvxnbuyvLbytD9f-AlIgROn99N3gzl452cjYevUNIxlMDsM/s769/Trump%20war%20on%20fraud.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="637" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO88X907vMRDFi4J20oaRMn_txJBTXgGryWOyfSCWEFU9BTx4KqoPnPyqicDAiD9XJPuUXt4-nTMUMfNdi8c-lQlPHoaKs2QsGprpaYtuODFj_31h8GbHFfef3i9ZVnDbBB-4nUAxF4DCoDvxnbuyvLbytD9f-AlIgROn99N3gzl452cjYevUNIxlMDsM/w397-h480/Trump%20war%20on%20fraud.jpg" width="397"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Political retribution, plain and simple,” was how US Sen. Alex Padilla <a href="https://x.com/SenAlexPadilla/status/2054660943653580826" target="_blank">described</a> an announcement by Vice President <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/jd-vance">JD Vance</a> late Wednesday regarding the White House’s decision to withhold $1.3 billion in <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/medicaid">Medicaid</a> reimbursement payments to California.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vance and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/medicare">Medicare</a> and Medicaid Services, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/vance-announces-suspension-medicaid-payments-california-fraud-rcna344988" target="_blank">claimed</a> the state’s Medicaid records have generated “red flags” and demanded officials clarify $630 million in billing, $500 million that’s been spent on home health services, and $200 million in what Oz called “questionable expenditures,” which he claimed had been used to provide coverage for undocumented immigrants, who are not eligible for Medicaid.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The announcement came a month after Vance’s federal anti-fraud task force <a href="https://hospicenews.com/2026/04/15/anti-fraud-task-force-suspends-447-hospices/" target="_blank">suspended</a> the licenses of nearly 450 hospice care facilities and 23 home health agencies in the Los Angeles area, accusing them of fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtNPQbvZsNloiu-TzZKqE45IuhyCzLkIYclaJ6A__XPZEBCcsl7OO91TpVRg1_f6WI4fjeXlQC4vUvw9ZK6QrEQYn6BWFlMciuXMwxaKVDroSQgFhY7ohUi6BOHOGtGQXd1cnh1oaTUyHuZYa4GymQgK9ftXC-tg-VhKjNog5au9R79kUTnc3PLRZGrk/s678/Screenshot_14-5-2026_11196_www.commondreams.org.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="402" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtNPQbvZsNloiu-TzZKqE45IuhyCzLkIYclaJ6A__XPZEBCcsl7OO91TpVRg1_f6WI4fjeXlQC4vUvw9ZK6QrEQYn6BWFlMciuXMwxaKVDroSQgFhY7ohUi6BOHOGtGQXd1cnh1oaTUyHuZYa4GymQgK9ftXC-tg-VhKjNog5au9R79kUTnc3PLRZGrk/w320-h540/Screenshot_14-5-2026_11196_www.commondreams.org.jpeg" width="320"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vance also warned that all 50 states could soon see federal funding for their Medicaid Fraud Control Units frozen if they fail to “aggressively prosecute Medicaid fraud.”<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We can turn off other resources within their state Medicaid programs as well,” said the vice president.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">California Gov. <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/gavin-newsom">Gavin Newsom</a>, who has frequently sparred with the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>, said Vance and Oz were “attacking programs that keep seniors and people with disabilities OUT of nursing homes,” which are far more expensive to run than home <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/healthcare">healthcare</a> agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Newsom said the growth of the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program has saved taxpayers “$107,000 per person” by reducing reliance on nursing homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“MAGA hates in-home support programs—which help people stay out of costly institutional settings like nursing homes and get the care they deserve, typically from loved ones,” said Newsom.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Newsom also said the Trump administration had informed state officials that the deadline to review California’s Medicaid records “before deciding whether to defer funding” would be later in the month.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/trump-fights-fraud-by-withholding-funds.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/trump-fights-fraud-by-withholding-funds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2007173043968976797Wed, 20 May 2026 03:51:00 +00002026-05-19T23:51:00.110-04:00Class WarTaxes<p><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Weayonnoh Nelson Davies &amp; Patrick Crowley call out vague claims and weak evidence in RIPEC&#39;s anti-millionaires&#39; tax report</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="http://SteveAhlquist.news">SteveAhlquist.news</a></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHiJBHiSW-b2VKfjGE5H1zlfr4pCz0KDXLcH9X9OXj25vMsxzh_1jdrxN6sP_Fr0lGsSW3FUPo37FfJ7n4LLEvZqG7ovjGj6gGVS_g3jDONPfCj1W0Z3zfyvWtOsia8GSNnJxySyyoerQZOx5Y2ZpHo2uHVg60TbUViXyOE72sDjmdsgAZn7YAdqZZf0/s480/giphy%20(1).webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHiJBHiSW-b2VKfjGE5H1zlfr4pCz0KDXLcH9X9OXj25vMsxzh_1jdrxN6sP_Fr0lGsSW3FUPo37FfJ7n4LLEvZqG7ovjGj6gGVS_g3jDONPfCj1W0Z3zfyvWtOsia8GSNnJxySyyoerQZOx5Y2ZpHo2uHVg60TbUViXyOE72sDjmdsgAZn7YAdqZZf0/s320/giphy%20(1).webp" width="320"></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">&quot;With the report’s vagueness about the possibility of economic consequences and failure to quantify risk, RIPEC’s warnings ought not to persuade policymakers or anyone considering the evidence.&quot;</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://economicprogressri.org/">Economic Progress Institute</a> (EPI) and <a href="https://rhodeislandaflcio.org/">Rhode Island AFL-CIO</a> find that the <a href="https://ripec.org/">Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council</a> (RIPEC)’s recent report, <i><a href="https://ripec.org/rhode-islands-millionaires-tax-proposal/">Rhode Island’s Millionaires’ Tax Proposal: The Economic Risks of Becoming Less Competitive and Losing Taxpayers</a>,</i> falls woefully short on data or evidence to justify its claims and opposition to raising taxes modestly on the state’s highest-income filers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Here are the Top 5 reasons why the report is unreliable and misleading – plus a critique of the report’s main data point and statistical claim:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></b></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/will-rich-run-away-if-rhode-island.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/will-rich-run-away-if-rhode-island.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-3238150626898874407Wed, 20 May 2026 00:07:00 +00002026-05-19T20:07:00.117-04:00crimeHumorimmigration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtizkUPZMJzJzi042pEyLRHrhivPIdnwTAd8kaaVCvwpd8AIlCk8nWvBBco1BkB3shWNnvfpTTndWJvKcqiUqOEZLXgynHHhuO4s65oJfqjwL6cNvo1o3pBVWGTZOoK0jNyfZKLbG3Asdo4sFe50XVV2w-hhiREQFh2W9MbZMCK7sUd6tegBZHw9jzV0/s765/Worst%20of%20the%20worse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="765" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtizkUPZMJzJzi042pEyLRHrhivPIdnwTAd8kaaVCvwpd8AIlCk8nWvBBco1BkB3shWNnvfpTTndWJvKcqiUqOEZLXgynHHhuO4s65oJfqjwL6cNvo1o3pBVWGTZOoK0jNyfZKLbG3Asdo4sFe50XVV2w-hhiREQFh2W9MbZMCK7sUd6tegBZHw9jzV0/w640-h438/Worst%20of%20the%20worse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/targeting-worst-of-worse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-6197740119049970936Tue, 19 May 2026 22:05:00 +00002026-05-19T18:05:00.111-04:00crimeDonald Trump<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mhUre5P7_eYCe1YZ4Doju3rCIZ_ZASFUczwYsB4x0IScLh3GOAzKwv5aRMDQQYp8aJMW6R_IAZHVWnepi1Rj_eXnz7U9deyHeDq3AiWcgHsMvVfmuAM9BRh_6nYjXFrK5q9W3qPxYo8ExkxkDq48hwOCOZeeJgx-WfOZq7frQW5xM8qGujn9FE5aWc4/s1000/Accidentally%20true.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="896" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mhUre5P7_eYCe1YZ4Doju3rCIZ_ZASFUczwYsB4x0IScLh3GOAzKwv5aRMDQQYp8aJMW6R_IAZHVWnepi1Rj_eXnz7U9deyHeDq3AiWcgHsMvVfmuAM9BRh_6nYjXFrK5q9W3qPxYo8ExkxkDq48hwOCOZeeJgx-WfOZq7frQW5xM8qGujn9FE5aWc4/w574-h640/Accidentally%20true.webp" width="574" /></a></div><br />&nbsp;<p></p>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/accidentally-true-continued.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-6452522815917241941Tue, 19 May 2026 20:00:00 +00002026-05-19T16:00:00.112-04:00aquacultureCharlestownCRMCDEMMcKeePeter Neronha<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Critics are underwhelmed.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Nancy Lavin, <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com">Rhode Island Current</a><br></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZs47FkQC58Lqn3U4skUA6gsxvxeBIWg9U95Cz4siOuBzV26dK7r06rSIadXf61Ys3IjZAKH-QHoB4EqLV_JUmPU-M7CWYb5oTeRNpbt7rY1GvLVeleQ5osDG0mSLhihHl7ZEVq69GzqeESwMVh9v9VsgEemDtfomdjNoBjg1vN1sCtcgScMdgXHCr-4/s500/Sabina_Matos_and_Dan_McKee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZs47FkQC58Lqn3U4skUA6gsxvxeBIWg9U95Cz4siOuBzV26dK7r06rSIadXf61Ys3IjZAKH-QHoB4EqLV_JUmPU-M7CWYb5oTeRNpbt7rY1GvLVeleQ5osDG0mSLhihHl7ZEVq69GzqeESwMVh9v9VsgEemDtfomdjNoBjg1vN1sCtcgScMdgXHCr-4/w400-h266/Sabina_Matos_and_Dan_McKee.jpg" width="400"></a></div>Three lawyers, two former state lawmakers and an entrepreneur whose business ventures include a word game app and organic salad dressings are Gov. Dan McKee’s picks for the reshaped Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council.<p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The six nominees, all men, are slated for initial confirmation hearings before the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture <a href="https://status.rilegislature.gov/documents/agenda-21620.aspx">Wednesday</a> — nearly three months after the <a href="https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText25/HouseText25/H6126A.pdf">March 1 deadline</a> for new appointees to join the volunteer council. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">McKee’s office did not respond to requests for comment Monday on the delay or on his choices of candidates. Copies of their resumes or applications were also not immediately available, nor was the total number of applications received.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">McKee’s <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SJ-05-14-2026.pdf">recommendation letters</a>, submitted to the Rhode Island Senate on May 14, do not offer any details about the candidates besides their names, and, when applicable, their professional qualifications.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Requiring the volunteer panel members to have relevant work experience was a central part of the reform effort approved by state lawmakers on the <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/06/20/compromises-on-assault-weapons-casino-smoking-and-crmc-reform-mark-end-of-2025-session/">final day</a> of the 2025 legislative session. The law reduced the size of the council from 10 to seven people to fix the problem of recurring <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/05/29/amid-calls-to-reform-politically-appointed-crmc-another-member-resigns/">vacancies</a> that force meetings to be canceled due to lack of quorum. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/mckee-unveils-6-picks-for-revamped-crmc.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/mckee-unveils-6-picks-for-revamped-crmc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-360920253511462457Tue, 19 May 2026 16:00:00 +00002026-05-19T12:00:00.129-04:002026 electioneconomyEducationFoulkesJobs<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Practical approach for jobs and the economy</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://substack.com/@steveahlquist">Steve Ahlquist</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qaSI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6e7beab4-86d0-4792-bb98-5a1c2bdb83be_1500x844.jpeg" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qaSI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6e7beab4-86d0-4792-bb98-5a1c2bdb83be_1500x844.jpeg" target="_blank"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qaSI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6e7beab4-86d0-4792-bb98-5a1c2bdb83be_1500x844.jpeg" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" style='width:467.5pt;height:263.5pt;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square' o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/Users/willc/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg" o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout;"><img border="0" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvMqb18xLwfj3DHcYl9JrzqF7fiG-7Snq2u4Q6w1v8eAXPrI0qRVtTRAr-A8GBLM_jDWjfYvpi5qgXy91sXX1bJwLuOD-9sypoDuOiO57HQpuF_uLgde2-rVqpmZQSNmCqyXHDBvFR7_DYs_kAETfUOBQGNkUTLRKZmXH8IOTdu20mekDUhtRitjsFgZw" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4" width="623"></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gubernatorial candidate </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Helena Buonanno Foulkes</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (Democrat) announced the first component of “</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Believe in Rhode Island</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">,” her comprehensive economic plan to give “every Rhode Islander a real shot at a good-paying job, a career, and a better future.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be rolling out parts of Believe in Rhode Island, my comprehensive economic plan that I will implement as governor,” said Foulkes. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“My plan is grounded in the belief in our people, our talent, and the incredible assets that Rhode Island has to offer. For too long, our elected leaders have been trying to tax incentive or special deal their way into economic success. Instead, we should invest in Rhode Islanders and lean into what our incredible state has to offer. I’m proud... to announce my Classroom-to-Career Initiative, the largest investment in career and technical education in the history of Rhode Island.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Every parent I meet wants the same thing for their kid: a good, stable job and a future where they don’t have to leave Rhode Island to find a job. For too long, we’ve told young people that the only path to a successful career runs through a four-year college, but talking to the men and women in our trades, the operating engineers, the electricians, the plumbers, the iron workers, and the carpenters, they’ll tell you they have stable careers, good pay, and pride in the work they do. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">&quot;It’s the same for our healthcare workers, our advanced manufacturers, and our marine technicians. All Rhode Island needs is more people in all of these careers, and that’s why, as governor, I’ll propose a $100 million bond to fund capital construction for career and technical education facilities at or near high schools throughout the state, so our young people can learn career track skills and start careers with Rhode Island companies straight after graduation.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“My classroom to career plan has four key points,” said Foulkes.<span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/foulkes-rolls-out-first-part-of-her.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/foulkes-rolls-out-first-part-of-her.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-998677250041547005Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:00 +00002026-05-19T09:00:00.201-04:00AutomobilesCharlestownDEMHealthtreesWeather<p></p><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pollen count is also high</b></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhPRUB8mWbbqHyJO1itotLvxxvnWdHVFhDnV_NH0UjcY53Raqqqb67RZieQfwBDU9J808IZDTXaxhUt8RCCBQdOP6iBLe_7AZ97-MD_8iqSxAA3Wk9BEFUnIIaehpmWdpejP_xu4qe5Et3ResmLpJICyI7p5-1jEUjj_Y5UV0NZo6tykhMx87eXQ0vRg/s1261/Screenshot_18-5-2026_224859_dem.ri.gov.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1261" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhPRUB8mWbbqHyJO1itotLvxxvnWdHVFhDnV_NH0UjcY53Raqqqb67RZieQfwBDU9J808IZDTXaxhUt8RCCBQdOP6iBLe_7AZ97-MD_8iqSxAA3Wk9BEFUnIIaehpmWdpejP_xu4qe5Et3ResmLpJICyI7p5-1jEUjj_Y5UV0NZo6tykhMx87eXQ0vRg/w640-h323/Screenshot_18-5-2026_224859_dem.ri.gov.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/environmental-protection-bureau/air-resources/air-quality-forecast">Air Quality Forecast | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management</a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large;">The nightmare that is Donald Trump</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/author/tom-engelhardt">Tom Engelhardt</a> in the </span><a href="https://www.tomdispatch.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">TomDispatch</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnM9q0ChAXdX2WzsSc3E7VUnNbJ4qO60fq01NibtxqscV5cb9uJY7ZyDJM6rEWB-6mBlyeeJvJiAT_ZAf8sFO3l2cVs7CFeeoUOFaBrnuDnSxfN_0e-G0ddh3dZqyxXx8XbQgnd2b47taVj-TwVGfua17HTtd0Y3Ew5COxXhA6v9r7OCk5ECp_jq2vYZ8/s679/Trump%20golfs%20country%20burns.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="456" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnM9q0ChAXdX2WzsSc3E7VUnNbJ4qO60fq01NibtxqscV5cb9uJY7ZyDJM6rEWB-6mBlyeeJvJiAT_ZAf8sFO3l2cVs7CFeeoUOFaBrnuDnSxfN_0e-G0ddh3dZqyxXx8XbQgnd2b47taVj-TwVGfua17HTtd0Y3Ew5COxXhA6v9r7OCk5ECp_jq2vYZ8/w316-h471/Trump%20golfs%20country%20burns.webp" width="316"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike every other column of mine, this one won’t be broken up with section titles for a simple reason. It’s all about Donald J. Trump and when it comes to him, in this strange world of ours, no one ever really gets a break.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In that context, here’s my advice to you: Don’t get old. For years, I managed not to do so, but unfortunately that’s all over now and I’m increasingly an old man. In fact, I’m not quite two years older than Donald J. Trump. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was born on July 20, 1944, while World War II was still ongoing, and he was born on June 14, 1946, in the peacetime that followed but would all too soon become the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/cold-war">Cold War</a> with the Soviet Union.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And let me tell you something else: these days it’s hard enough to keep the website I still run, <i>TomDispatch</i>, in some kind of reasonable shape, while also keeping track of our ever-stranger, more confusing, all-too-Trumpian world. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But keeping track of things nationally and globally as an 80-year-old president of the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/united-states">United States</a> (with another two-and-a-half years to go) in a world that seems to be coming apart at the — whoops, sorry, I can’t help it! — seams? I simply can’t imagine that. Of course, I couldn’t imagine it for <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> either, and yet he left the presidency when he was a staggering <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_age" target="_blank">82 years and 61 days</a> old and will still have been younger than Trump if he truly makes it to January 20, 2029. (And both of them will have beaten the oldest Roman Emperor, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gordian-I" target="_blank">Gordian I,</a> who at 81 only lasted a few weeks in power.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ1tU9hfQhlrs8Gio2pwLKcI7gp4RKQUb16MDtwgedVwxXk02H2nfLnLcYPb_BKYHTKDtTTUOwSM9V7uTneWMVH9EqBSWd4CpZScLHn0acQ5yjY6OBKRqD3U_Dn5vwPqDQofTZupPb0TEiqBJgz41Qbc_6iSkm-38-mxzYOM0HK0EerCqWz9mnFVkvCU/s2000/5-4-26.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="2000" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ1tU9hfQhlrs8Gio2pwLKcI7gp4RKQUb16MDtwgedVwxXk02H2nfLnLcYPb_BKYHTKDtTTUOwSM9V7uTneWMVH9EqBSWd4CpZScLHn0acQ5yjY6OBKRqD3U_Dn5vwPqDQofTZupPb0TEiqBJgz41Qbc_6iSkm-38-mxzYOM0HK0EerCqWz9mnFVkvCU/w400-h310/5-4-26.jpg" width="400"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s hardly news that <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> is now the <a href="https://people.com/oldest-presidents-us-history-biden-trump-reagan-8721055" target="_blank">oldest president</a> ever to take the oath of office (twice!) and, in that sense, he’s been both record-setting and, in his own strange way, remarkable. </span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">But in case you hadn’t noticed, while he’s always had his odd moments, they are indeed getting ever odder and more frequent. After all, how many times has this country had a president who <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-religious-conservatives/" target="_blank">mistook himself for</a> (or do I mean confused himself with) Jesus Christ? Oh, wait, how could <i>I </i>be so confused? That image wasn’t of Jesus but (as “our” president insisted) of a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/trump-jesus-picture-pope-leo.html" target="_blank">lookalike medical doctor</a>. (“I thought it was me as a doctor,” Trump said. “Only the fake news could come up with that.”)<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And meanwhile, of course, in his own ever stranger fashion, “our” president <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/16/trump-pope-evangelicals-conservatives-christian-catholic/" target="_blank">took out after Leo</a>, the American pope, himself a veritable youth at 70 years old, calling him of all things, “WEAK on crime” and, of course, “catering to the Radical Left.” Oh, and while he was at it, Trump also <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/04/15/trump-posts-ai-photo-with-jesus-days-after-he-was-slammed-for-blasphemy/" target="_blank">posted</a> an image of himself being hugged by (yes, of course!) Jesus. And Leo responded to the president’s abuse by all too accurately <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/pope-leo-xiv-tyrants-trump-spat" target="_blank">deploring</a> a world being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” (including, of course, You Know Exactly Whom).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just in case you hadn’t noticed, as an imperial power (even, historically speaking, <i>the</i> imperial power, the only one at its height to control quite so much of the planet in one fashion or another), this country, too, is growing ever older and (again) in its own strange fashion going down (as, of course, all great imperial powers do sooner or later). Phew! That was a long sentence for this old guy, but you can’t get too long and complicated (or do I mean confused?) when it comes to the world of Donald J. Trump. In electing him a second time in 2024, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/president" target="_blank">49.8%</a> of American voters clearly opted to go down in style by giving imperial oldness a startling new meaning.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p></div><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/earth-destroying-trump-and-threat-of.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/earth-destroying-trump-and-threat-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-1203116700189391933Mon, 18 May 2026 23:58:00 +00002026-05-18T19:58:00.216-04:002026 electionDonald TrumpeconomyHumorinflationIranJD VanceSupreme Courttariffs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iyXI72nJGrzQZvugbvQ0W_-WuxrbU_ktsBlnmXxBPrptyLlHl_qvcARH-3a4N03FMF9z_R1vH3VOhSWCvgtp_gofV3sKHNfmxC91PuswpvgugP4Lq4Kl5p493PjMtFdCqKPwdLvR2kZMXg3auGTloN4l4Rx-qZvHwN4oWSYOmcxgMqX99Vbs5N0-B74/s1536/TMW2026-05-18colorXL.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 30px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; outline: none !important; table-layout: auto; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td height="40px" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(255, 192, 0); border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649k yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb yiv2635449649od" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #292929; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 30px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv2635449649mc" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><div style="color: #292929; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; outline: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><h3 class="yiv2635449649o yiv2635449649qb yiv2635449649zb" style="color: #030303; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649qb yiv2635449649zb" style="color: #595858; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, &quot;Times new roman&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">May 2026</span></h3></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 30px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; outline: none !important; table-layout: auto; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td height="40px" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(186, 214, 197); border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649k yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb yiv2635449649od" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #292929; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: none !important; padding: 5px 0px 6px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv2635449649mc" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><div style="color: #292929; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; outline: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><h1 class="yiv2635449649m yiv2635449649rb yiv2635449649ac" style="color: #030303; font-size: 46px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 69px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649rb yiv2635449649ac" style="color: #2d4b9b; font-family: georgia, serif; outline: none !important;">Save the Dates</span></h1></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; padding: 12px 0px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; outline: none !important; table-layout: auto; width: 62px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td height="40px" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-bottom: 6px solid rgb(0, 218, 255); border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649k yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb yiv2635449649od" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #292929; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: none !important; padding: 12px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv2635449649mc" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><div style="color: #292929; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; outline: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><h2 class="yiv2635449649t yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649bc" style="color: #628570; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Monday, June 1st</span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649bc" style="color: #2d4b9b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /><span class="yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649bc" style="font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Charlestown Budget Referendum</span></span></h2><h2 class="yiv2635449649t yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649cc" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649cc" style="outline: none !important;">&nbsp;</span></h2><p class="yiv2635449649k yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649dc" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649dc" style="color: #595858; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Vote for the proposed budget from 8 AM – 8 PM. Details </span><a href="https://charlestowndemocrats.org/so/abPudLk_e/c?w=ynaL0gUCk_-jxHkYMndvjcWNJ3zOakJfAhKEZ2PiCtk.eyJ1IjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9jaGFybGVzdG93bnJpLmdvdi9pbmRleC5hc3A_U0VDPTNEMkEzN0RBLUVFRDktNEQ1RC1CNjdELThCNjE1ODIzQzZEMCZERT0xREYyNTgwRi04RTY0LTQ4ODYtOTM4Ni1EMkZGMzU0NEE1QzQiLCJyIjoiM2FhMzA4M2UtOTViOC00YmMzLWFkMGYtNDQ3NmQxMmUyYzk4IiwibSI6Im1haWwiLCJjIjoiYzlhOTFhZjctZmNlNy00YzMyLTliYjYtODBiY2MyMTRlZTA2In0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #109fff; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649dc" style="color: #595858; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; outline: none !important; text-decoration: underline;">here</span></a><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649dc" style="color: #595858; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">.</span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; padding: 13px 0px 14px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; outline: none !important; table-layout: auto; width: 62px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td height="40px" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-bottom: 6px solid rgb(255, 192, 0); border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649k yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb yiv2635449649od" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #292929; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: none !important; padding: 12px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv2635449649mc" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><div style="color: #292929; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; outline: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><h2 class="yiv2635449649t yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649bc" style="color: #628570; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Wednesday, June 3rd</span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649bc" style="color: #2d4b9b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /><span class="yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649bc" style="font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Meet the candidates</span></span></h2><h2 class="yiv2635449649t yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;">&nbsp;</span></h2><h2 class="yiv2635449649t yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #2d4b9b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">CDTC meeting</span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #2d4b9b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Charlestown Police Station, 6 PM</span></h2><p class="yiv2635449649s yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="yiv2635449649s yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #595858; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="line-height: 19px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;">As part of our ongoing efforts to bring statewide candidates to South County, we'll be hosting </span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Newport City Councilor Xay Khamsyvoravong</span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;">, who is running for </span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Lieutenant Governor </span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;">(</span></span></span><a href="https://charlestowndemocrats.org/so/abPudLk_e/c?w=w9ULRa3HjMa7a7p9_Ahty-risU_zmksdKYTvL7sk0Jo.eyJ1IjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueGF5Zm9ycmkuY29tLyIsInIiOiI0MGNmYWZmNy04ZjdjLTQ1OTEtYjgwZC1kMTk2NjVjNTlmOWIiLCJtIjoibWFpbCIsImMiOiJjOWE5MWFmNy1mY2U3LTRjMzItOWJiNi04MGJjYzIxNGVlMDYifQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #109fff; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #595858; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; outline: none !important;">xayforri.com</span></a><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #595858; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="line-height: 19px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;">) and </span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">State Rep. Joe Solomon</span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;"> who is running for </span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Attorney General</span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="outline: none !important;"> (</span></span></span><a href="https://charlestowndemocrats.org/so/abPudLk_e/c?w=ymk6S2fbq3GxcUlWkCuDfbYt-tT5CiUbnlMUMeHUWpk.eyJ1IjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9qb2Vmb3JyaS5jb20vd2hhdC13ZS1kbyIsInIiOiI0MGNmYWZmNy04ZjdjLTQ1OTEtYjgwZC1kMTk2NjVjNTlmOWIiLCJtIjoibWFpbCIsImMiOiJjOWE5MWFmNy1mY2U3LTRjMzItOWJiNi04MGJjYzIxNGVlMDYifQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #109fff; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #595858; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; outline: none !important;">joeforri.com/what-we-do</span></a><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649ec" style="color: #595858; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">).&nbsp;</span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; padding: 18px 0px 14px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; outline: none !important; table-layout: auto; width: 62px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td height="40px" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-bottom: 6px solid rgb(255, 192, 0); border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649k yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb yiv2635449649od" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #292929; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 487.667px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 53px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><div class="yiv2635449649y" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 381.667px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px transparent; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 12px; vertical-align: top; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv2635449649mc" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><div style="color: #292929; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; outline: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><h3 class="yiv2635449649o yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649fc" style="color: #030303; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649fc" style="color: #14b1e7; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Saturday, June 6th</span></h3><p class="yiv2635449649s yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649zb" style="color: #030303; font-size: 24px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649zb" style="color: #595858; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649gc" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; outline: none !important;">From 10 AM – 12 noon @ Caf Bar in The Venue</span><span class="yiv2635449649tb yiv2635449649zb" style="line-height: 21px; outline: none !important;">,</span><span class="yiv2635449649sb yiv2635449649gc" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; outline: none !important;"> 5153 Old Post Road</span></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="yiv2635449649hb yiv2635449649eb yiv2635449649gb yiv2635449649fb" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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font-size: x-large;"><b>RI AG sues Quidnessett over rock wall built without permission</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Nancy Lavin, <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com">Rhode Island Current</a><br></span></p> <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXk204qEn6Hjmov2MHjx2hHN-e8xAjIhwVVMDEDtzu3NNCeDwUYFJYg40bnXTMIQFRPYU6v_uo6nUEERy1k55nY6QdtBvIq5Fm_-BzhPrZZAm_ONPUDN23z5CjvudqXHZ7Gu2P9ZcR7_V6SiGWokcVPyPi9xTorw6yBCAWnFjK4Db8SM3UY8xRfYIih8/s2048/06-12-24QuidnessettSeawall-7-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXk204qEn6Hjmov2MHjx2hHN-e8xAjIhwVVMDEDtzu3NNCeDwUYFJYg40bnXTMIQFRPYU6v_uo6nUEERy1k55nY6QdtBvIq5Fm_-BzhPrZZAm_ONPUDN23z5CjvudqXHZ7Gu2P9ZcR7_V6SiGWokcVPyPi9xTorw6yBCAWnFjK4Db8SM3UY8xRfYIih8/w640-h426/06-12-24QuidnessettSeawall-7-1-1.jpg" width="640"></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Barlow, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><b>A man fishes along the shoreline immediately north of the rock wall built without permission by the Quidnessett Country Club in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The attorney general’s office sued the country club over the wall on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Save the Bay)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br>The state’s top prosecutor is stepping in to try to force Quidnessett Country Club to remove a rock wall built <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/08/26/another-missed-deadline-still-no-plan-for-restoring-quidnessett-country-club-shoreline/">without permission</a> along its shoreline more than three years ago.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/QCC-Complaint-as-filed-5-12-2026.pdf">complaint</a> filed Tuesday by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office comes after years of unsuccessful efforts by state coastal regulators to negotiate with the country club owners and later, <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/01/14/crmc-asks-ri-superior-court-to-force-quidnessett-country-club-to-take-down-rock-wall/">pursue legal action</a> against them for the rock wall built in defiance of state coastal regulations.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 600-foot stone wall was built along the shoreline of the North Kingstown country club in early 2023 — though not flagged by regulators until that summer — to protect the 14th hole of its signature golf course from coastal erosion. But state coastal regulations restrict development along sensitive and species-rich waters like the section of waterfront in question, a violation the Rhode Island Coastal Resource Management Council (CRMC) has sought to have corrected.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yet the wall remains, each day worsening the delicate ecosystem that surrounds it and inhibiting the state’s constitutionally enshrined public access to the shore, the AG’s complaint states. The 28-page complaint filed in Providence County Superior Court asks a state judge to issue a preliminary injunction forcing the club owners to remove the seawall and restore the shoreline, including vegetation, to its natural state awaiting a jury trial.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/neronha-sues-country-club-that-refuses.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/neronha-sues-country-club-that-refuses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-6656895615906053064Mon, 18 May 2026 15:59:00 +00002026-05-18T11:59:00.210-04:00CharlestownMegan CotterrestaurantTaxestourism<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Gives customers and restaurants a welcome break</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV86FQsQOY65wbnQixkS73wmQgdtHpz8e_wVx4UIWqAl-nXEu7MPBXIVhss3h6Oo2GcGnBPgLEUGXi9bcmlbup53bghUaomkG99WTZctlWUKfNMDUktdMz7J_LXilTeBJ3vNQxgDyx4sqZhIKnSfmF_6DGd7G_xLp067Q1dgFSVB5Zt-JxOa9418FSK3A/s356/200%20(5).webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="356" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV86FQsQOY65wbnQixkS73wmQgdtHpz8e_wVx4UIWqAl-nXEu7MPBXIVhss3h6Oo2GcGnBPgLEUGXi9bcmlbup53bghUaomkG99WTZctlWUKfNMDUktdMz7J_LXilTeBJ3vNQxgDyx4sqZhIKnSfmF_6DGd7G_xLp067Q1dgFSVB5Zt-JxOa9418FSK3A/s320/200%20(5).webp" width="320"></a></div>Rep. Megan L. Cotter has introduced legislation to create two tax-free weeks each year for restaurants in the state.<p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“This is a bill to help boost small businesses,” said Representative Cotter (D-Dist. 39, Exeter, Richmond, Hopkinton). “Mom-and-pop businesses make up a substantial portion of the restaurant industry. A tax-free week is a great way to encourage people to visit a restaurant they’ve never tried, hopefully one they’ll want to visit more often. This will put more money directly into the hands of servers and small business owners alike and encourage Rhode Islanders to enjoy the many fantastic restaurants we are fortunate to have all over the state.”<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The legislation (<a href="https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8512.pdf" target="_blank">2026-H 8512</a>), which Representative Cotter introduced May 1, would establish one sales tax-free week in the summer and one in the winter for restaurants statewide. The specific dates would be determined by the General Assembly.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The tax holiday weeks could essentially create statewide “Restaurant Weeks” which several communities in Rhode Island currently organize. Such weeks usually include special menus and deals to entice customers who might not otherwise visit.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The legislation is supported by the Rhode Island Hospitality Association.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/cotter-proposes-sales-tax-holiday-weeks.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/cotter-proposes-sales-tax-holiday-weeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-6319118674726856316Mon, 18 May 2026 14:29:34 +00002026-05-18T10:29:34.590-04:00CharlestownDEMwildfire<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUJv6S1Z1t-E_O-UUiFyIy7QwSYX-5E-QX36aT_MwNstMAlRXPsRBTBILrfd6IC86pHqO8XkzoThrZhxV-ZQLynYwFOa5d9x5gR14kIJcEbtKcRtRXKwSlaJ272NcK2x1CFeN5wmtDPZND8Tp-dDsQyny7_eDtfzpSm5GVpErbaGQRNcKW8272-vPp-I/s900/HIYe086XcAEYQBu.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUJv6S1Z1t-E_O-UUiFyIy7QwSYX-5E-QX36aT_MwNstMAlRXPsRBTBILrfd6IC86pHqO8XkzoThrZhxV-ZQLynYwFOa5d9x5gR14kIJcEbtKcRtRXKwSlaJ272NcK2x1CFeN5wmtDPZND8Tp-dDsQyny7_eDtfzpSm5GVpErbaGQRNcKW8272-vPp-I/w512-h640/HIYe086XcAEYQBu.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/controlled-burn-at-great-swamp-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-1529523759807146899Mon, 18 May 2026 13:00:00 +00002026-05-18T09:00:00.205-04:00Donald TrumphospitalLGBTprivacy<p><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Leave trans kids ALONE!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Alexander Castro, <a href="https://rhodeislandcurrent.com">Rhode Island Current</a><br></span></p> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKx87gRVI63P-Ryrqdf66YGbcGgTEuj7tSFhT6npFfCdyRMGw-ZHxtsBEMkXPQQo2VYNfKzNfC1Uh2AM4NOmzFyG7mccIxyArcddDCti-nf_uh-GPHbvL23v5fTnhzvJAcS8QKFZbTJSIo8P4nXhWDkT6llse4qBH4-Zmvqe9Zko3pk_ErGtj7x2uKtJU/s1619/iYX1Pbe.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="1079" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKx87gRVI63P-Ryrqdf66YGbcGgTEuj7tSFhT6npFfCdyRMGw-ZHxtsBEMkXPQQo2VYNfKzNfC1Uh2AM4NOmzFyG7mccIxyArcddDCti-nf_uh-GPHbvL23v5fTnhzvJAcS8QKFZbTJSIo8P4nXhWDkT6llse4qBH4-Zmvqe9Zko3pk_ErGtj7x2uKtJU/w266-h400/iYX1Pbe.jpeg" width="266"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed notice blocking a federal attempt to secure transgender youths’ medical records.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The federal appeal is the latest volley in a back-and-forth court saga with a cache of sensitive medical records at its core, namely six years of patient information from minors prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy via Rhode Island Hospital providers. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The court fight — whose genesis lies in DOJ’s July 2025 maneuvering to obtain these records via an administrative subpoena — has now spanned two U.S. District Courts and two Courts of Appeals. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The DOJ filed its notice of appeal with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, aiming to undo U.S. District Court Judge Mary McElroy’s decision in the case first brought to her court on May 4 by Rhode Island’s Office of Child Advocate. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Child Advocate Katelyn Medeiros is tasked with legal representation and advocacy for children in state care, an unspecified number of whom would be affected by the desired records’ disclosure. Her office moved to have Rhode Island’s own federal court nullify the DOJ subpoena that would have forced the hospital to turn over medical records by Thursday — a deadline set per the order of a judge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, where the DOJ sought, and obtained, an order to enforce the subpoena on April 30.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">McElroy granted the child advocate’s petition and impugned the federal prosecutors for their conduct during an in-person hearing on Tuesday and their claims made in court documents. McElroy wrote that DOJ “has misrepresented and withheld information” to not only her court, but to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/trump-appeals-decision-protecting-trans.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/trump-appeals-decision-protecting-trans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-8097685932078341755Mon, 18 May 2026 03:59:00 +00002026-05-17T23:59:00.194-04:00Civil rightsDonald TrumpfascisthistoryracismSupreme Court<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Disenfranchising 40% of a state’s citizens cannot be reconciled with representative democracy</b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://substack.com/@mitchellzimmerman">Mitchell Zimmerman</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lnzw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52a4c10a-d0ef-48a3-954c-96920d5d21c8_1264x842.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lnzw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52a4c10a-d0ef-48a3-954c-96920d5d21c8_1264x842.png" target="_blank"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1032" type="#_x0000_t75" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lnzw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52a4c10a-d0ef-48a3-954c-96920d5d21c8_1264x842.png" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" style='width:467.5pt;height:311.5pt;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square' o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/Users/willc/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg" o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout;"><img border="0" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjhL63xPNuuz9sj0c6XPjq_OwZ0R9Bqmia6F4bbWgJwQzFfq0cw_G2OuiYZR6qWHet9Qo4SbdOWQ8cz_h_orZ539DDARns1S3v1Qm5MuSkO-4hbpgWrXx-DfnlPz8Q8lXYGaeM33k43e_A1IaZYvg_oRGQuHHVdPcEPKScP1VlW1eWifP9GVut_yH4G8I" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4" width="623"></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: inherit;">The Supreme Court gave a “two-fer” to white supremacists and proponents of Republican autocracy:</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> First, six right-wing justices completed the erasure of the crowning achievement of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, the Voting Rights Act. Second, in the same case, </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Louisiana v. Callais,</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> the right-winger judges approved of states shaping legislative districts that deny the opposing party any role in government.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In essence, the Supreme Court okayed the destruction of Congress as an instrument of American democracy.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution was enacted and ratified five years after the Civil War. The Amendment confirmed – in principle – that African-American citizens have the right to vote and to have their votes count.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So said the Constitution. But for almost a century the former Confederate states negated African-Americans’ right to vote.</span></p><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Voting Rights Act put an end to the myriad legal schemes Southern white politicians had used to disenfranchise Black Americans</span></b></p><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8zJNslN14hPEbf6dPsmqUzfuJ-jOhqFKexSVFYzvDPeFarSs5JNr6xKojGS5mRpYT0kF5LxJxwZT3E7l8IS2rWo9MRJYH4a2xnmoQdGY3YvVRt_A_GBMuyjYjaiIeiuZx5W2FnvyvqxYUWr9CSAv5-k3cHZs8YzKRT52ang-ZJxaBCts0TBpifroC6E/s720/415764_image.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="720" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8zJNslN14hPEbf6dPsmqUzfuJ-jOhqFKexSVFYzvDPeFarSs5JNr6xKojGS5mRpYT0kF5LxJxwZT3E7l8IS2rWo9MRJYH4a2xnmoQdGY3YvVRt_A_GBMuyjYjaiIeiuZx5W2FnvyvqxYUWr9CSAv5-k3cHZs8YzKRT52ang-ZJxaBCts0TBpifroC6E/w400-h246/415764_image.jpg" width="400"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Fifteenth Amendment also gave Congress the power to enforce its mandate. After years of struggle over civil rights – after peaceful demonstrators in Birmingham confronted snarling police dogs, mass arrests and lethal bombing, after hundreds of nonviolent students worked for freedom in Mississippi in the face of murder, assaults and the burning of Black churches, after peaceful marchers for voting rights returned to Selma after being clubbed by state troopers and ridden down by racist possemen – Congress tackled the white supremacist obstacles to African-American voting.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Voting Rights Act of 1965 put an end to the myriad legal schemes that Southern white politicians had used to disenfranchise Black Americans and terminated the ploys used to deny African-Americans a fair opportunity to elect representatives of their choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span></span></b></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/maga-supreme-court-okays-gop-overthrow.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/maga-supreme-court-okays-gop-overthrow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-5811730361706590825Mon, 18 May 2026 00:02:00 +00002026-05-17T20:02:00.183-04:00Humorright-wing nuts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhp4yotmPGG2HyAn6rmLqtMEmu4gz2ThknXfhdB03rgIs8Tsf868FZtpim9oc7oFkmQ62sXaRivBj0J5c3nZiBiD4m-7AcGtuZci3Zj-EhWndbYHuQGeBLRl7mblHI3luhfliDkiewslrD9c0O-UonTjqFY3x6tFpexGzPP-ezTb-mZ3AUk7UDFxJPq4/s1290/GOP%20conspricy%20chart.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1290" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhp4yotmPGG2HyAn6rmLqtMEmu4gz2ThknXfhdB03rgIs8Tsf868FZtpim9oc7oFkmQ62sXaRivBj0J5c3nZiBiD4m-7AcGtuZci3Zj-EhWndbYHuQGeBLRl7mblHI3luhfliDkiewslrD9c0O-UonTjqFY3x6tFpexGzPP-ezTb-mZ3AUk7UDFxJPq4/w640-h616/GOP%20conspricy%20chart.webp" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/republican-conspiracy-bingo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2099328636156749505Sun, 17 May 2026 22:00:00 +00002026-05-17T18:00:00.178-04:002026 electionChariho SchoolsCharlestownThings To Do<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqN_aakb43o0utiVHBUMYlifgDY8wqIMkroi4lrIQkcg6N9D0e5zu06PPevxiExCt_aRb6zJekG018qdsob8qEFeMMwKiTCxssFY-CDwhXejGDwgZamqgaLx6itCu0yiOkjYaxwcmEdnDFkyV0V2xNXMr_M_t81XrQRRfbuy4JfFLADf80ZDLX-pLU3g/s1200/mail%20(2).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqN_aakb43o0utiVHBUMYlifgDY8wqIMkroi4lrIQkcg6N9D0e5zu06PPevxiExCt_aRb6zJekG018qdsob8qEFeMMwKiTCxssFY-CDwhXejGDwgZamqgaLx6itCu0yiOkjYaxwcmEdnDFkyV0V2xNXMr_M_t81XrQRRfbuy4JfFLADf80ZDLX-pLU3g/w640-h336/mail%20(2).png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/save-dates-planned-meet-candidates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-4050771375392848598Sun, 17 May 2026 20:00:00 +00002026-05-17T16:00:00.196-04:00Bizarro CharlestownhistoryNarragansettssportsTina Spears<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Congratulations Thawn </b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oUMFrSkHL0Odr7EAgGnl7FL-OMj6iKnSpvt01BKsCe3NKOEeypm21oV0-76KbxfDqWJU5EbTNHX9PRlzW7S33quFzRWCOj9lYrOhmJvD5SliXsAMktyQhu7KSGzyfmBKaQhOQYhYNW04xQBABR2G2bVTO9yzcodZ4mQwUI4lW3kM__yP6Nr-ledYc2M/s499/thumbnail.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="499" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oUMFrSkHL0Odr7EAgGnl7FL-OMj6iKnSpvt01BKsCe3NKOEeypm21oV0-76KbxfDqWJU5EbTNHX9PRlzW7S33quFzRWCOj9lYrOhmJvD5SliXsAMktyQhu7KSGzyfmBKaQhOQYhYNW04xQBABR2G2bVTO9yzcodZ4mQwUI4lW3kM__yP6Nr-ledYc2M/w400-h300/thumbnail.png" width="400"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The House approved a resolution from Rep. Tina L. Spears honoring the great-nephew of Ellison “Tarzan” Brown for his completion of the Boston Marathon 90 years after Brown’s first Boston Marathon victory.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thawn Sherenté Harris of Charlestown completed the marathon in an official time of 3 hours, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds, making him the third member of the Narragansett Tribe to complete the race and giving him the second-fastest recorded time among the tribe.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The resolution (<a href="https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8539.pdf" target="_blank">2026-H 8539</a>) sponsored by Representative Spears (D-Dist. 36, Charlestown, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Westerly) declared that “Ellison ‘Tarzan’ Brown rose to national prominence in the 1930s, winning the Boston Marathon in 1936 and again in 1939, and competing in the 1936 Olympic Games, while bringing recognition and pride to the Narragansett people. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tarzan Brown’s 1936 victory included his legendary passing of race favorite Johnny Kelley on the hills of Newton, an iconic moment that gave rise to what is now known as ‘Heartbreak Hill.’ In completing the Boston Marathon, Thawn symbolically followed in his great-uncle’s footsteps along that same historic stretch, retracing the site of one of Brown&#39;s most celebrated achievements.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/rep-spears-honors-great-nephew-of.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/rep-spears-honors-great-nephew-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-842728941333965828Sun, 17 May 2026 15:59:00 +00002026-05-17T11:59:00.213-04:00HealthSciencevaccination<p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;"><b>New benefits found for getting shingles vaccine</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">By American College of Cardiology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkm1L_Rs58_MwZVZOJoUU4rCRNR8eXBQa72M1T5HrYrGWxU0kJ9sZVcNWxanF-KSsUCmy5DI7vMT2UBtzeDdq5x1j74piQtGoHhpIylP_oVg8nXzU7IYjicEMVSSnRTzzhGloKNiWf1KJusijSIFfHF-O3HJK3pYH3t_douOgfYJMuaBFahPeHFLYATA0/s275/download.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkm1L_Rs58_MwZVZOJoUU4rCRNR8eXBQa72M1T5HrYrGWxU0kJ9sZVcNWxanF-KSsUCmy5DI7vMT2UBtzeDdq5x1j74piQtGoHhpIylP_oVg8nXzU7IYjicEMVSSnRTzzhGloKNiWf1KJusijSIFfHF-O3HJK3pYH3t_douOgfYJMuaBFahPeHFLYATA0/w317-h476/download.jpeg" width="317"></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">A new study suggests that people with heart disease who receive a shingles vaccine may face far fewer serious heart problems within a year. The research, presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26), found that vaccinated individuals had nearly half the rate of major cardiac events compared with those who did not get the shot.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The analysis included more than 246,822 adults in the United States with atherosclerotic heart disease, a condition caused by plaque buildup in the arteries. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that the shingles vaccine may do more than prevent shingles, with potential benefits that extend to heart health and even conditions like dementia.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This vaccine has been found over and over again to have cardioprotective effects for reducing heart attack, stroke and death,” said Robert Nguyen, MD, a resident physician at the University of California, Riverside and the study’s lead author. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Looking at the highest risk population, those with existing cardiovascular disease, these protective effects might be even greater than among the general public.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></span></b></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/doctors-are-surprised-by-what-this.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/doctors-are-surprised-by-what-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-4061708208929712608Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 +00002026-05-17T09:00:00.217-04:00agingBusinessMedicareOtherWords.org<p><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Vulture capitalists milk Medicare and Medicaid money </b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By <a href="https://otherwords.org/authors/scott-doerr/">Scott Doerr</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3v9IXeFIspb11es1B9QzftEAF9ib1DBQ49hGYSg8hk1Vc0AshJtLueKdIg_rhupv9LOWl6azMkLyBSqTMFuQiE35nAzJftlfp8APIY-s4ubvjZBMhZEOMLBbPSZPUbj5-NiCbahFjOmHjq-dM5kguq9ZoBafZemNM2R13eA9rWoHVncjQdFnmm3oS4WI/s480/giphy.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3v9IXeFIspb11es1B9QzftEAF9ib1DBQ49hGYSg8hk1Vc0AshJtLueKdIg_rhupv9LOWl6azMkLyBSqTMFuQiE35nAzJftlfp8APIY-s4ubvjZBMhZEOMLBbPSZPUbj5-NiCbahFjOmHjq-dM5kguq9ZoBafZemNM2R13eA9rWoHVncjQdFnmm3oS4WI/s320/giphy.webp" width="320"></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Americans age, we deserve the peace of mind that we can find nursing care for our parents or ourselves when we need it. But for private equity firms, that need isn’t a mission to fulfill — it’s an opportunity to profit at our expense.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As private equity takes over more nursing care, <a href="https://www.nber.org/digest/202104/how-patients-fare-when-private-equity-funds-acquire-nursing-homes">studies</a> show higher mortality rates, reduced staffing, and increased costs as a result. But seniors are fighting back.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I live in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. For generations, our public nursing home — Pine Crest — has served our seniors. “Pine Crest is there for us when we need it. It’s worked that way for 70 years,” said retired accountant and Pine Crest Nursing Home volunteer Eileen Guthrie.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Eileen and I were among the concerned locals who tirelessly fought to keep our <a href="https://www.norcen.org/about-us/news/2023/june/pine-crest-nursing-home-receives-5-star-rating-f/">five-star-rated</a> home in public hands when the county board put it up for sale to the highest bidder. Few wanted to privatize our beloved county-owned institution, which always treated residents with love and respect. Privatizing it would turn us into expendable cogs in the wheel for greater profits.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Despite broad public opposition, the county board <a href="https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2025/09/30/state-cites-pine-crest-for-medication-delay-after-privatization/">sold</a> Pine Crest to a subsidiary of the Ensign Group, a for-profit company. Almost immediately, the harm started. Less than a month after the sale, state regulators <a href="https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2025/09/30/state-cites-pine-crest-for-medication-delay-after-privatization/">cited</a> the nursing home for neglecting a patient’s medication needs, sending that person to the hospital, and reducing the necessary staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since 2016, there have been 125 publicly-owned nursing home sales to private companies in Wisconsin. In nearly half of these, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality ratings <a href="https://captimes.com/news/wisconsin-rarely-blocks-nursing-home-sales-but-it-can/article_47843c94-e8b6-11ef-8bbf-af75fd8d2922.html">declined</a> after the sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That tracks with <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168851025001435?utm_source=chatgpt.com">what communities have seen nationally</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Center for Medicare Advocacy has found that “promised cost savings rarely materialized” when communities privatized public nursing homes, “while accountability and public oversight were significantly reduced,” <a href="https://dailyyonder.com/wisconsin-communities-fight-to-save-county-owned-nursing-homes-from-privatization/2025/12/16/">the <i>Daily Yonder </i>reported</a>. And the Kaiser Family Foundation has <a href="https://www.kff.org/medicare/reading-the-stars-nursing-home-quality-star-ratings-nationally-and-by-state/#c319a4d8-b1e6-4a8f-8c4d-1aeec88092b8--discussion">found</a> that privatized nursing homes nationwide tend to have lower-quality ratings than those that are publicly owned.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/private-equity-is-taking-over-nursing.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/private-equity-is-taking-over-nursing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-8674060218265118907Sun, 17 May 2026 03:59:00 +00002026-05-16T23:59:00.198-04:00Climate changeDonald Trumpeconomyemergency preparationinsurance<p><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>We&#39;re already paying the price and it&#39;s going higher<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By <a href="https://globalwarmingisreal.com/author/gina-mariecheesman/"><b>Gina-Marie Cheeseman</b></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHupgsDrdaRglXXr62gGyFUFOZ8t23o3PrQHj9c7u15pkKC7HEWRltOOd276BCdYL9arpOJ8Ua4QsMiid9vM7vNlZ-tMQaYb9SFU_KbeO9DbeXZjGcBYrk4i83Hu2rWu5Oe-hYh1xu8O0ERX3zlUvv4A4iry4z3HkADMnyzgvHvdjMzDtuLmykrEUVnQ/s800/a-monster-el-nino-is-taking-shape.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="800" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHupgsDrdaRglXXr62gGyFUFOZ8t23o3PrQHj9c7u15pkKC7HEWRltOOd276BCdYL9arpOJ8Ua4QsMiid9vM7vNlZ-tMQaYb9SFU_KbeO9DbeXZjGcBYrk4i83Hu2rWu5Oe-hYh1xu8O0ERX3zlUvv4A4iry4z3HkADMnyzgvHvdjMzDtuLmykrEUVnQ/w400-h278/a-monster-el-nino-is-taking-shape.png" width="400"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Key Takeaways</b></span><p></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Trump administration underestimates climate change, leading to significant economic damage estimated at $10.2 trillion since 1990.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Climate-related disasters could shrink U.S. GDP by 10% by 2050, with poorer communities bearing the brunt of the costs.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Climate change has already cost the U.S. economy over $750 billion in the last five years due to weather disasters.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The impact of climate change on households includes rising costs from property damage, healthcare, and insurance gaps, disproportionately affecting minority communities.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A 2023 EPA report highlighted that underserved communities, particularly Black individuals, face the highest risks and costs associated with climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRlpgxRaGAHbzRqRxe4p7S64AgGe5yTFRzjDzLmyGBfkSexfAWDUUr4Ko8eJGqfvl2_YAu9ZeY5LDqa7E1nsWy6m6POvckDsnBulKMeHYNpBBNSylZjnDsZH1k98MEsiUXJNZ3G-2_XQLr3gOhSL6OG2SGDygZq3kLbzBTs4O8Pn2n78OgWDQx6CD5pQ/s1170/50athAp.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1170" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRlpgxRaGAHbzRqRxe4p7S64AgGe5yTFRzjDzLmyGBfkSexfAWDUUr4Ko8eJGqfvl2_YAu9ZeY5LDqa7E1nsWy6m6POvckDsnBulKMeHYNpBBNSylZjnDsZH1k98MEsiUXJNZ3G-2_XQLr3gOhSL6OG2SGDygZq3kLbzBTs4O8Pn2n78OgWDQx6CD5pQ/w400-h304/50athAp.jpeg" width="400"></span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the first day of Donald Trump’s second term, he has made it clear his administration does not take <a href="https://globalwarmingisreal.com/2025/07/23/catastrophe-ethics-review-podcast/">climate change</a> seriously. </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That is a very costly mistake, as a recently published <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10272-6" target="_blank">study</a> shows. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 have caused $10.2 trillion in global economic damage, with U.S. carbon emissions the largest source.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Almost $3 trillion in damage from U.S. emissions occurred within the U.S.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/the-high-cost-of-climate-change-inaction.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a>https://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2026/05/the-high-cost-of-climate-change-inaction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Progressive Charlestown)