My Saturday column: wpri.com/?p=2092263

This misleading PPP/student loans talking point refuses to die. The loans were 100% intended to be turned into grants, it was baked into the policy from the start. The type of student loans under discussion were not designed the same way.

BREAKING: Cranston Ward 2 City Councilwoman Aniece Germain (D) resigns effective immediately.

Rhode Island PBS is proud to announce that we have been nominated for 19 Boston/New England Emmy Awards! 🏆 For more details on Rhode Island PBS' nominations, click here: ripbs.org/blogs/bird-wir…

AG Peter Neronha on the potential lawsuits against Washington Bridge contractors: 'I guarantee you that the defense will be that whatever we did, DOT either authorized it or didn’t act on something we told them. You can hold me to that' thepublicsradio.org/tgif/ian-donni…

NEW: A judge rejected Providence officials’ request for a temporary restraining order against Rhode Island Recycled Metals, which the city is trying to shut down.

There was a massive fire at the business Wednesday that engulfed the city in smoke wpri.com/target-12/judg…

At age 63, the ailing President Franklin Roosevelt was privately photographed while posing for a portrait at 'Little White House,” Warm Springs, Georgia. (This photograph remained secret for decades.) The next day, which was this day in 1945, he died.

NEW: my column this week is about the coming vibe shift, from Boomers vs Millennials to huge wealth inequality *between* Millennials.

Current discourse centres on how the average Millennial is worse-off than the average Boomer was, but the richest millennials are loaded 💸🚀

I am devastated at the passing of a dear friend and someone who helped transform American television news, Robin MacNeil. He and Jim Lehrer were partners in creating the iconic PBS NewsHour on PBS and it was the honor of my life to work with and learn from them.

Why is the economy (and inflation) so resilient?

Yardeni Research argues it’s Baby Boomers — “the richest generation of senior citizens in the history of the United States” — spending their pig-in-a-python, record net worth on travel, health care, financial services.

They “watched a…

When is The Boston Globe going to add a Gift Links option?

Scoop: Iran sent a message to the Biden administration through several Arab countries earlier this week: if the U.S. gets involved in the fighting between Israel and Iran, U.S. forces in the region will be attacked, three U.S. officials. My story on Axios
axios.com/2024/04/12/ira…

I'll never understand how the findings of an investigation, requested by a public body and paid for with public taxpayer dollars, can be considered 'not public.'

Money. Money. Money.
'Over 70% of Rhode Islanders live near a RIPTA bus stop. Could this plan help get ridership up?'
providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

After deep reflection, I am now resisting the urge to sign my texts, on the assumption that everyone whom I text has my number in their contacts (I can assure you that the reverse is not true).. Thanks for the input all! Including sons 1 and 2.

The opening of the MBTA line connecting Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton to Boston may have been delayed once again, reports Lauren Brill. trib.al/km7jqAM

TARGET 12: City lawyers argue Rhode Island Recycled Metals has been ignoring a cease and desist order.

Now, Providence is asking a judge to order a temporary restraining order against the Allens Avenue scrap metal yard.

Story w/ Eli Sherman: wpri.com/target-12/prov… WPRI 12

Statement from the Goldman family:

🟡 Just announced: Secretary Gina Raimondo, Jeremy Hunt, and Lawrence H. Summers are joining the lineup of 100+ global leaders sitting down with our reporters and editors for on-the-record interviews at the 2024 World Economy Summit, April 17-18 in Washington.

Register now: events.semafor.com/wes2024/504911…