Kate Wilkinson

Toronto

Content Editor, Opinion at The Globe and Mail

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‘It shouldn’t have to be this way’: Congressman’s mother-in-law testifies for physician-assisted death in RI

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — For generations, Jennifer McDowell says, her family has been living with an incurable genetic disease. Now she’s asking Rhode Island leaders to let her die with dignity. “I deserve the right to a peaceful death, preferably at home, surrounded by family and those who love me,” she said in her testimony before the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
‘Deliberately damaging’: Reed warns of difficult fight ahead against Trump bill

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — As U.S. House Republicans celebrate a razor-thin victory for President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” Democratic Senator Jack Reed said the legislation could leave tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders without health care. “This is the most deliberately damaging bill to the economy and to our health care system that I’ve ever seen,” he said in a news conference Friday in Cranston.
Report: 366K+ Rhode Islanders would be impacted by proposed Medicaid cuts

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Protect Our Healthcare RI, a coalition of consumer and nonprofit organizations, unveiled a new factbook report Friday that stresses the importance of federal and state Medicaid spending. The “Medicaid Matters for Rhode Island” factbook also highlights the significant impact that President Donald Trump’s proposed spending cuts would have on the state’s health care system.
Can ICE use RI’s license plate cameras? Department policies don’t allow it

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — There are at least 179 cameras in Rhode Island that take photos of every car that goes by. “They’re just taking a photo of the license plate and the vehicle,” Warwick Police Chief Colonel Bradford Connor explained. The city has had Flock Safety cameras installed for roughly two years. Since then, Connor said they’ve been used not only to catch criminals, but also to find missing people, like a young Warwick girl last year.
Immigration expert concerned after masked officer doesn’t identify himself

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

WALTHAM, Mass. (WPRI) — As footage continues to surface of officers in face coverings carrying out arrests, immigration and law enforcement experts are expressing concerns with what they’re noticing from the interactions. In one video provided by Waltham Councilwoman Colleen Bradley-MacArthur, an officer does not identify himself when asked.
‘He should sign first’: Disabled woman rejects offer in lease dispute with mayor

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The city of East Providence is offering to allow a disabled woman to stay in her city-owned home through the end of January after officials originally asked her to leave by the end of next month. But Julia Dempsey says she won’t sign the paperwork. In March, Mayor Bob DaSilva said he wanted to use the home on Payette Street to house veterans.
RI doctors: Solutions needed as Anchor Medical closure looms

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Much like an injury, doctors from the Rhode Island Medical Society say the state’s doctor shortage needs to be addressed now, or it will only get worse. “Unfortunately, I think we’re in a state of emergency with this,” Dr. Mariah Stump, the society’s vice president, said Friday on WPRI 12’s Newsmakers.
ICE defends agents who smashed car window during Massachusetts arrest

1 month ago | newsnationnow.com | Jusolyn Flower |Kate Wilkinson

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. ( WPRI) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is defending its agents after they smashed a car window while detaining a man in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Juan Francisco Mendez, 29, is being held at a detention facility in New Hampshire following his arrest by ICE Boston on Monday.
‘We lost 30 feet of property’ Homeowners challenge CRMC as bills propose reform

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Owning a home with a waterfront view may be a dream for many, but some people living on these properties are being confronted with the nightmare of climate change. The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is charged with determining what can and can’t be built along Rhode Island’s shore. But some homeowners are willing to challenge state regulators, if it means keeping their home. Anne-Marie Corbett moved into her Portsmouth home along the Sakonnet River in 2018.
‘I don’t want to leave’: East Providence mayor, disabled woman in dispute over city-owned home

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kate Wilkinson

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Julia Dempsey experienced a moment out of a reality TV show six years ago when she was handed the keys to a city-owned rental in East Providence. The single-family home, located on Payette Street, was remodeled by the city with the assistance of a U.S. Housing and Urban Development grant. East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva launched a housing lottery for the property back in 2019. Though veterans were prioritized in the lottery, he encouraged others to apply as well.