All four members of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation have asked to have their congressional pay withheld for the duration of the federal government shutdown in a show of solidarity with federal workers.Democratic U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Reps. Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo all announced Wednesday afternoon that they intend to […]
Janine L. Weisman, Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island Current Editor-in-Chief Janine L. Weisman served as a reporter and editor during her 25-year career in the newsroom of The Newport Daily News. She is an adjunct journalism faculty member at Roger Williams University.
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Pentagon fires NATO Military Committee representative, who previously led U.S. Naval War College
by Janine L. Weisman, Rhode Island CurrentApril 7, 2025 U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. representative to NATO’s Military Committee, was fired over the weekend, the Associated Press reported Monday. Chatfield served as president of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, from 2019 to 2023 and was the first woman […]
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The number of R.I. communities where a household earning under $100K can afford a home is zero
by Janine L. Weisman, Rhode Island CurrentOctober 18, 2024 And then there were none. Two years ago, households earning under $100,000 a year could afford to buy a home in 14 of Rhode Island’s 39 municipalities. Last year, the number dropped to just one: Central Falls. But as the release of HousingWorks RI’s annual Housing […]
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‘The Bells’ has been a trespassing magnet for years. Why is it still here?
by Janine L. Weisman, Rhode Island CurrentJune 1, 2023 You don’t actually have to scale the chain link fence and venture through prickly bushes to get inside the dilapidated stable and carriage house at Brenton Point State Park in Newport. Just go to YouTube. Online you’ll find several videos showing the graffiti-covered walls and scattered […]