Patrick Anderson
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Providence Journal Reporter RI State House Bureau
Joined June 2012
The looks from the bar.
How Rhode Island is this? Campaigning at Atwood Grill, Democrat @JoyFoxRI runs into Republican @AllanFungRI - who might be her opponent for the 2nd District seat (he says he has nothing to announce yet on his plans)
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Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister, a Democrat, delivers @USChamber endorsement to @AllanFungRI
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Couple hundred anti-Trump protesters at the RI State House on Presidents’ Day
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High tide about an hour away and already a little soggy in Waterplace Park
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Just In: The "young engineer" who initially spotted damage to the Washington Bridge wishes to remain anonymous
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If we are bringing back zombie northeast department stores in 2023 👇
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RI House Majority Leader @JoeShekarchi makes it official, endorses @PeteButtigieg along with .@RyanWPearson.@Justine4RI.@Sabina_Matos.
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New: Went through years of contracts, inspections, structural analyses, bids, change orders and emails to try to figure out what went wrong on the Washington Bridge. Here's what I found: . A report warned the state about the Washington Bridge in 2015.
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Rhode Island has seen a few public servants take bribes or kickbacks over the years. This is the first payout I'm aware of in vegan cheese .
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Brand new state agency seeks consultant to do what the agency was presumably created to do
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If only there was an empty & available major league stadium somewhere…
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Before House vote on “red flag” and bump stock ban bills, @RISpeaker and @GovRaimondo hold State House event with @MomsDemand
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“We we’re behind in every single poll. Every single poll. But we never stopped working”
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The calamari callback.
On June 29, 1877, the first Presidential phone call was made between Rutherford B. Hayes who was at Rocky Point and Alexander Graham Bell in Providence!! 😱🌊☎️
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I'm all about the 90s, but America has got to move on from Alexi Lalas in 2026.
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Rhode Island has set a new election turnout record tonight, surpassing 2008 with an hour to go and more mail ballots to add. How high will it go?
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With @GovDanMcKee announcing a new shelter in Pawtucket, @Cynthia_Mendes_ and #SleepOutRI protestors are declaring victory and ending their encampment outside the State House tonight
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.@SenWhitehouse says “this state is not open for political tourism” as he tells the Dem crowd @DanMcKeeRI has won
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I looked into the Connecticut study of extending Shore Line East trains to RI and whether RIDOT nixed going beyond Westerly. CT lawmakers in 2021 ordered a study of SLE to "Rhode Island" and RIDOT concluded that meant Westerly.ht @the_transit_guy .
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About 11 hours from start of the 2026 campaign to the first staffer thrown under the bus.
McKee political spokesman Mike Trainor attributed the discrepancy to an "innocent" mistake by staffer at governor's campaign media company who wanted to shorten the quote&didn't realise how altering what was actually said on TV would be perceived. Trainor said it will be fixed.
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Do not miss this slideshow of Mayor Polisena turkey reaction shots.
from @bamaral44: Netting the nuisance turkeys of #Johnston | @ProjoPhoto pictures by @SteveSzydlowski
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Pawtucket would have played.
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Proposal from @MeghanEKallman and @reclaimri would put $300M in Rescue Plan money toward a Vienna-style social housing plan. Is public housing back?.
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New: On the heels of big progressive primary wins, @gaylegoldin exploring bid to unseat RI Senate Pres @SenatorRuggerio . via @projo.
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In US Senate Budget Committee right now, housing policy discussion with a Rhode Island accent . @JoeShekarchi: RI "could be an incubator" for federal housing policy programs .
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One notable similarity between the RIPTA bus hub plan and the Pawtucket soccer stadium: committing public funds to a project before knowing how much it will ultimately cost, what it will look like and what the central purpose is.
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.@RIDemParty director says the party needs to woo back Trump Democrats. RI District 3 in PVD is an interesting place to woo them. It broke 82% for Clinton in 2016
Chairman of R.I. Dems endorses Trump-supporting ex-Republican over incumbent Rep. Walsh
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For those curious, I did ask Fung at the end of today's endorsement event what he thought about @RonDeSantisFL flying migrants from Texas to New England. He didn't answer .
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Someone just built what looks like the world’s smallest apartment in a statehouse hallway. Maybe it’s the mall people
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You could spend $34M to move state agencies into this single-story 1979 office building surrounded by parking lots. Or you could extend the street grid and build a whole new neighborhood near transit, utilities, stores, PVD, multi-million $ homes
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Johnston mayor intends to seize 31 acres of private land -- at taxpayer expense -- in order to stop the construction of affordable housing. Also looks to be cancelling proposed new high school . background:
I am using eminent domain to take all 31 acres of land on the site of the proposed 252 unit low-income housing project. Instead, we will be constructing a new public safety complex. There will be a special council meeting tomorrow at 5:30pm to give me the authorization to do so.
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Five years after being first proposed, RIs first pallet shelter opens in PVD
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The Department of Justice has given Rhode Island until March 18 to produce Washington Bridge records requested in False Claims Act probe. 1st deadline was yesterday .
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Always a little jarring to hear Raimondo appointees now dismiss decisions of the "prior administration" they were a part of until a few months ago.
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Inbox: "Downtown Providence, RI Welcomes First and Only Grocer". Rory’s Market. It's where the parking lot that surrounded the Coffee King used to be.
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.@WolfPAChq resolution calling for national constitutional convention to deal with Citizens United passes Senate unanimously with applause.
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.@GovRaimondo calls Narragansett Town Council's proposed resolution asking police not to enforce Covid closures "reckless.". "It is so selfish to all the people of RI who have worked for so long putting their lives on hold".
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Aside from everything else, would be nice to have some idea what @PVDMayor wants to do with this.
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Former Rhode Island state employee passes on opportunity to enter the private sector. via @projo.
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RI Redistricting Commission kicking off today. Party affiliation by mask status
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Another win for @PeterNeronha . The General Assembly just passed 57-11 his bill to create a statewide rental apartment registry. Will @GovDanMcKee sign it?.
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The heavy spitter?.
Spat between personal-injury lawyers in Providence leads to one charged with spitting on the other's father
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Big win for Pawtucket progressives. The McKee administration is opposing the mayor's plan to turn Morley Field into a distribution center truck parking lot on environmental justice grounds.
DEM Announces Decision on City of Pawtucket's Application to Convert the use of Protected Recreational Sites, seeks Guidance from National Park Service on Morley Field.
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State Sen. and RI LG candidate @Cynthia_Mendes_ has pitched a tent in front of the State House and plans to stay until @GovDanMcKee or General Assembly provide shelter for homeless
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Programming note: I am on furlough this week. This account will be restricted to tweets about the Belarusian Premier League and ethics in pandemic surfing.
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For the price, CVS could at least gift wrap the antigen tests.
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Sure sounds like the Washington Bridge is going have to be torn down and replaced. This is the FHWA administrator, who later clarified no course of action has been officially decided, but still
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Hospital Association of Rhode Island Pres. M. Teresa Paiva Weed blasts Trumpcare
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Rare RI government logo using red and no wave icons.
New logo. Same great airport. We’re thrilled to announce that our new branding has landed!
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Some needle loss in the upper branches and a slight brownish hue, but RI State House XMas tree looks like it'll cross the finish line this year
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RI has passed 2016 turnout with 2 hours till polls close. Just 5,700 votes to go to pass 2008. You could be lucky voter 475,429
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RI infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities are being made to wait for services as all Early Intervention providers in the state have stopped taking referrals.
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This is not typically how an incumbent ahead in the polls handles a routine campaign interview.
.@GovDanMcKee has been in office for more than a year and a half and still often doesn't take well to probing questions, like these (perfectly reasonable ones) from @FitzProv. Some brutal moments. Fitz unflappable.
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And reopen the East Side Rail Tunnel!.
Hear me out: lower the Crook Point Bascule Bridge. I’ll walk over Stand By Me style.
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The only nomination for @RISenate president is @SenatorRuggerio. The vote is 36 to one to reelect Ruggerio president . @SamuelWBell the lone no vote.
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New state-run mass vaccination site in Middletown to open "where Benny's used to be," @RIHEALTH Alexander-Scott announces.
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Business success is part of @AshleyKalus' pitch to voters in her bid for governor. It is also paying for her largely self-funded campaign. But one former business partner in Illinois says Kalus cheated her. "Company is broke. End of story".
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New: Laugh at my ill-fated attempt to race a car to Newport. Mad dash for Newport: In a car-vs.-ferry race from Providence, which is the best bet? .
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So to get $27M now, state is going to pay almost 4 times that over 30 years.
Pawtucket today closed on a $54M bond to help finance the @RhodeIslandFC soccer stadium. The developer will get $27M of that, with the rest going into reserves. Interest rate is 7.5%. State is expected to pay $132M in debt service by 2053.
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Hearing there's an hour-long wait to vote early at Warwick City Hall right now.
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Providence subway system.
Drilling of a 2.2 mile sewer tunnel under Rhode Island is finally complete. What comes next?
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More than 80 members of RI Jewish community, including @MeghanEKallman, @SamuelWBell and @AaronRegunberg, sign letter to congressional delegation calling for Gaza ceasefire .
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Kind of incredible timing.
.@GovDanMcKee just came out with this short video for the @NatlGovsAssoc "Disagree Better" initiative, in which he stresses the importance of allowing for different perspectives in politics
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Returning from a week of "vacation" that included Zoom kindergarten duty. Will take at least 2 weeks of deadline writing to relax.
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New: @SecRaimondo made a surprise appearance at RI State House Wednesday to film a 60 Minutes interview. She did not take questions (or acknowledge) the RI press lurking behind a security cordon .
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I asked every Republican elected to the RI General Assembly who won the presidential election. Only one responded and none answered the question .
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The message from @SecretaryPete: on the Washington Bridge building a new bridge by 2026 is an “aggressive” timeline “that needs to be met”
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Two senators, Frank Lombardi and John Burke, removed their names from a vaccine mandate bill Tuesday after it was condemned by the GOP.
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The MIT development director who helped conceal Epstein donations now works @BrownUniversity. No response from the school so far.
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I've always liked the "wave" plate, but would not mind this design from @luminousagency at all.
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Superman Building redeveloper shopping for more public money, including federal financing for projects "close to transit hubs." 🤔. Think this is the same USDOT program eyed to pay for moving @RIPTA_RI hub *away* from the Superman Building.
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We're contractually obligated to spend a day every 2 years swimming in 38 Studios docs.
@PatrickAnderso_ did a deep dive into 38 Studios depositions and here’s what RI’s newest candidate for Governor had to say at the time:.
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Recent mail ballot drop flipped Richmond, RI (population (7700) to Biden by 2 votes. Third RI municipality to vote Trump 2016 and Biden 2020
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*Not* negotiating to buy Greenland, I'm told.
RI's Commerce Secretary is heading to Denmark tomorrow to meet "potential partners regarding Rhode Island’s off-shore wind sector" - per spox. And separately with @Orsted.
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News - @AGNeronha comes out with major concerns about @RIDOTNews transportation carbon reduction plan
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.@GovDanMcKee wants to spend $250M on new housing, but where will it go?. RI's second largest city hasn't built new long-term affordable homes in more than a decade and just rezoned a site on Cranston St. for an Auto Zone, gas station and fast food.
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The ballot is set. Voting starts tomorrow on these candidates for official RI voting sticker .
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If there ever is another constitutional convention, it should be in Central Falls
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American Prospect's Blue State Power Rankings places RI last among Democratic trifecta states for achieving progressive policies. Analysis does not mention the governor at all, which seems a little weird.
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No idea if it brings change anytime soon, but @RIDOTNews now agrees that running slow, polluting, unreliable diesel locomotives on the electrified PVD Line doesn't make sense. Has applied for a federal grant with @MBTA_CR to study how to electrify .
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