Elaborating on facts and key principles: * Growth and poverty reduction are the same thing. * The burden of proof in elections is on those insisting there's no fraud. AnchorRising.com

Thanks we can't take for granted: * The United States * The sanity of school committee members AnchorRising.com

Rhode Island deserves a Congressman who will fight for our families, our freedoms, and our future. I’m Dr. Stephen Skoly, and I’m asking for your vote. I have spent nearly 40 years serving Rhode Islanders, standing up when it mattered, and fighting for the principles that make this state strong. Now I’m ready to take that fight to Washington.

Good point by @JesseKellyDC this evening. Iran is only going to talk about the aspects of the deal that benefit them. As is the United States. As do all countries that reach a negotiated peace rather than a decisive military victory.

Our new analysis finds RI property tax increases jumped in FY26. The statewide municipal levy rose 3.7% ($98.3M)—the largest increase in a decade and above inflation. Nearly 1 in 5 municipalities exceeded the state’s 4% cap. Read the brief here: ripec.org/property-taxes-202…

On this day in 1215, the Magna Carta was sealed by King John at Runnymede, Surrey. Establishing law as a power in itself, the Magna Carta inspired not only British liberty, but also America’s Founding Fathers when formulating the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. Still relevant today, the Magna Carta reminds us of the importance of the freedoms and rights of the people – principles at the heart of the 🇺🇸 🇬🇧. #Freedom250 #SharedHistoryUnitedFuture

Does Gun Control in Rhode Island go far enough? @taragranahan1 askes candidate for Governor Helena Buonanno-Foulkes who says she'll stand up to the gun lobbys. #2ndAmendment #GunRights 🎧 omny.fm/shows/the-tara-grana…

Is the woke school system itself causing childhood trauma? Check out the full episode here! oceanstatecurrent.com/in-the…

🇺🇸 Happy Flag Day Find someone who loves you like Rick Monday loves his flag. On April 25, 1976, while playing outfield for the Chicago Cubs as a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran, Rick Monday saw two protesters soak the American flag in lighter fluid, ready to burn it. He didn’t hesitate. He sprinted in, grabbed the flag, and carried it to safety. One of the most American moments in baseball history. Thank you, Rick Monday, for honoring our flag. 🫡🇺🇸

Community policing looks a bit different when the @FIFAWorldCup is in town! Our officers celebrated alongside fans, both international and local, during Day 1 of @FWC26Boston Fan Fest on City Hall Plaza!

Tomorrow!! LZ Bronco, 1950 Bronco Highway, Burrillville. 3 to 6. Come on out and say “hi”!!

My TGIF roundup on RI Politics oceanstatemedia.org/politics…

Good for Elon! The problem with too many folks’, is that they think economics is a zero sum game, that the mere fact that he may be rich(er), means the rest of us are poorer. That is simply not how it works. He drives a huge amt of growth that we all benefit from as a society.🇺🇸

Pot Au Feu Owner Bob Burke joined @taragranahan1 earlier today to talk about his concerns with the 195 District Pavilion, saying the 195 commission is looking "crooked"! #Providence #RhodeIsland 🎧 omny.fm/shows/the-tara-grana…

WANNA WIN? 🎶🎶 Call in #438-9776 and play "Name That Artist" at 11:35am. Fun, fun!!! 💃🕺 @wpro

Matt Allen was joined by Jim Hummel @hummel_report in studio today to talk about his latest report in the #Providence Journal on the 195 District Pavilion, which has drawn criticism from local restaurant owners 🖥️ youtube.com/watch?v=oRMe72Z-…

Small businesses’ reluctance to hire has two, mutually reinforcing sides.  On one side, technology is reducing the jobs that small businesses need other people to do.  Artificial intelligence can help with a wide variety of knowledge- and information-based tasks, and automation can move things around and modify them with increasing facility. At the same time, growing socialism and government interference in people’s occupational relationships make employees expensive both in cost and in risk.  Even where business owners think it would be worth hiring employees in the current atmosphere, they can’t trust that the current atmosphere will last.  Any given year, with minimal warning, wages and benefits could be mandated to increase. There are two essential perspectives for understanding and responding to these changes: 1. We can increase the complexity of our attempts to manage change, sliding down the spiral of increasing requirements for businesses and increasing generosity of taxpayer-funded paternalism, or 2. We can see all people as their own employers, responsible for themselves, whether they are technically taxed as W-2 employees or 1099 contractors, using AI and automation to enhance themselves rather than being replaced by them. Only one of these is genuinely humane, and it's the only one that has a chance of working.

Competing Interests? Our latest investigation focuses on a new $6.4 million food/beverage pavilion built by @195District that is significantly over budget. Plus: is it competing with dozens of other restaurants that surround it? Just posted @projo providencejournal.com/story/…

Hummel will join Matt Allen @ 1 o’clock to talk about his latest investigation about a new $6.4 million taxpayer-funded food pavilion in downtown Providence. @wpro

What would the Independent Man say about the state of Rhode Island in 2026?