AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoNaval War College: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement that he ended the college’s partnership with Brown caught faculty and staff off guard. The joint program focused on improving humanitarian aid distribution was discontinued the day after his Newport speech. Providence Transition: Mayor-elect David Morales named attorney Jennifer Wood as chief of staff and promoted deputy finance director Krystle Lindberg to CFO, pairing new leadership with City Hall experience. Women’s Basketball: Providence is set to get a professional women’s basketball team in 2027. Energy and Jobs: A new Massachusetts-Nova Scotia offshore wind initiative includes Rhode Island, even as regional reporting documents how project cancellations have emptied a Providence turbine-factory site and left workers without expected jobs. College Costs: A new ranking puts Rhode Island’s annual college costs at 90% of median household income—the country’s highest share. That comparison isn’t the amount families actually spend, since aid and loans can help cover costs. Clemency: Two Cambodian refugees facing deportation are asking Gov. Dan McKee for pardons tied to convictions from the 1990s, an unusual test of a power rarely used in Rhode Island. Roads: RIDOT plans a temporary I-95 South lane split at the Cranston-Warwick line on Nov. 20; drivers exiting at Jefferson Boulevard will need the right-hand lane.
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