Ocean State Media

10/09/2025

Should you still get the COVID vaccine? Rhode Island Department of Health Director says yes.

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As the CDC updates its COVID-19 vaccine guidance to focus on adults 65 and older, Rhode Island is charting its own path. The state’s Department of Health is ...

10/09/2025

The speakership is often called the most powerful political job in Rhode Island. So why is House Speaker Joe Shekarchi seriously considering running for governor?

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The speakership is often called the most powerful political job in Rhode Island. So why is House Speaker Joe Shekarchi seriously considering running for gove...

10/03/2025

Weekend plans = sorted

From free folk music at Frerichs Farm 🎶 to local films at the JPT 🎬, Oktoberfest brews in Providence 🍻, and a powerful art + film event at RISD 🎨—Rhode Island is buzzing this weekend.

Tap the link in bio for Ocean State Media’s full roundup of where to go and what to do!

✍🏽Mareva Lindo & James Baumgartner

10/03/2025

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha says he’s stepping away from politics at the end of his term — leaving the race for governor to Gov. Dan McKee, Helena Buonanno Foulkes, and potentially Speaker Joe Shekarchi.

Neronha also made clear: he won’t be backing the current governor.

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✍️: Ian Donnis

10/02/2025

Contributor Ted Nesi - WPRI gives the run down on what Rhode Islander's think of Gov. Dan McKee and President Donald Trump.

09/29/2025

With the federal shutdown of the 988 “press 3” service for LGBTQ+ youth, Samaritans South Coast and Rhode Island’s call center are expanding culturally competent training to fill the gap in su***de prevention care.

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With the federal shutdown of the 988 “press 3” service for LGBTQ+ youth, Samaritans South Coast and Rhode Island’s call center are expanding culturally competent training to fill the gap in su***de prevention care

09/25/2025

Do you think Taylor Swift will get married in Rhode Island? Comment your thoughts below ⬇️

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This week on Lively, we shake off hard news for a minute to contemplate the Big Wedding. Rhode Islanders want to know: where will Taylor Swift and Travis Kel...

09/25/2025

President Trump is talking about making some big changes to how Americans vote ahead of the midterm elections next year. He wants to eliminate mail-in voting and electronic voting machines. One person with a lot to say about the integrity of American elections is Ken Block.

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President Trump is talking about making some big changes to how Americans vote ahead of the midterm elections next year. He wants to eliminate mail-in voting...

09/18/2025

The Bubblah lands on the Providence River Pedestrian Bridge. What's news in the Creative Capital? The Public Radio's Ian Donnis hears from locals who know the good, the bad, and the ugly of their beloved city.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/vd_oFVAyN6s

09/17/2025

It’s 1987 in Syracuse, New York. Michael Jackson dominates the charts. Ronald Reagan is president. And The Cold War, with its threat of nuclear war, is ever-present in American culture. That’s the setting of the latest play at Trinity Repertory Company, called “Cold War Choir Practice,” which made its world premiere last week.

Read the full story here: https://thepublicsradio.org/arts-and-culture/fear-of-nuclear-war-plus-reagan-era-optimism-its-cold-war-choir-practice-at-trinity-rep/

✍️: Mareva Lindo and James Baumgartner

Cold War Choir Practice at Trinity Repertory Company – September 4 – October 5. It’s 1987 in Syracuse, New York. Michael Jackson dominates the charts. Ronald Reagan is president. And The Cold War, with its threat of nuclear war, is ever-present in American culture. That’s the setting of the ...