Trump supporters chanting "illegal ballots," and calling for a recount in Rhode Island, where Biden won by more than 100,000 votes, or 20 points. (Photo credit:
@CoreyWelch)
Eli Sherman
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Eli Sherman
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Reporter at CBS station @wpri12 in RI/MA. Tips, story ideas? Email me: [email protected]. DM for Signal. RT = look!
- Operation Warp Speed dealing a blow to Rhode Island, as the state is now expected to receive about a third less of the Pfizer vaccine than originally promised next week. "We are calling on the Trump administration to honor its commitments," says @GovRaimondo
- Trump won Woonsocket and flipped two more towns that Biden won in 2020. It's the first time Woonsocket has voted for a Republican nominee since Ronald Reagan in 1984. Trump's margin of support also increased in every Rhode Island municipality. Maps --> wpri.com/target-12/harr…
- NEW: Nearly half of Rhode Island voters say they feel like the state is moving in the wrong direction, according to a new poll commissioned by labor leaders. Check out other results + charts 👇
- Rhode Island reported *four* new COVID-19 hospital admissions today. That's so low, health officials tell me they thought it was an error, which delayed getting data out today. It wasn't an error. Lowest since September. Interactive version --> wpri.com/covid-19-track…
- NEW: Providence state Rep. Enrique Sanchez has been arrested and charged with drunk driving in Cranston, and police cited him for refusing a sobriety test early Monday morning
- Update: Central Falls municipal judge Joseph Molina Flynn abruptly resigned Thursday shortly after FBI agents raided his law offices in downtown Providence
- NEW: Rhode Island governor-in-waiting Dan McKee is publicly disagreeing with the Raimondo administration’s vaccine rollout strategy, saying that teachers need to be prioritized over others buff.ly/2MmG9wH
- Some wild photos and videos coming out of downtown Montpelier from my peeps in Vermont (photo cred: @MsMaggieLenz)
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- "They also found 67 samples with antibodies in Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin or Iowa, and Connecticut or Rhode Island collected between Dec. 30 and Jan. 17." --> signs the virus showed up in New England nearly a year ago (h/t @AlexandraLeslie) buff.ly/36oSsQM
- BREAKING: Providence Place has been ordered into receivership, a state-level version of bankruptcy, after its private lenders alleged its management firm owes $259 million, casting a question mark over the future of the state's largest shopping center
- “No one is shocked, of course" Congressman @Rep_Magaziner's decision not to move into the district he represents evokes sharp criticism from @RIGOPChairman Joe Powers
- It’s @StephMachado’s last day at @wpri12… You may be getting her employment, @Globe_RI. But she’ll always be T12 at heart
