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RIPTA needs $6 million to restore service reductions made in 2025 to close a budget deficit. Bus riders and drivers say the the cuts have been rough. trib.al/Be8hKTx

Providence’s presumptive incoming mayor and city council president say it’s time to take the cameras down, citing data privacy concerns. But police say the technology has been vital. trib.al/sdVv58r

Superintendent Javier Montañez will resign from his role leading the Providence school district, months after the city regained control of its school system and amid a tumultuous leadership upheaval. trib.al/BlpYl6U

From @RICurrent: Term-limited Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will leave his post in January, but the state’s top attorney and prosecutor still has a few ideas left on how to fix health care in the Ocean State. trib.al/scIlQW5

US District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. on Wednesday ruled in favor of Miguel Sanchez, a city councilor who is poised to become council president in January, in his lawsuit against McKee and two of his top aides, Tony Afonso and Joseph Almond. trib.al/HnmQFcd

“Today, as our district embarks on a new chapter under local control, I have made the deeply personal and difficult decision to step down,” Montañez wrote in a letter to families Friday afternoon. trib.al/yI90IOs

Temperatures should push into the mid-50s across Southern New England throughout the afternoon. Folks up north will likely hold to the upper 40s to low 50s. trib.al/BVAk6Vo

Remember that spectacular meteor that lit up the blue skies over Massachusetts on May 30, crashing into Cape Cod Bay and sending a sonic boom across the region? trib.al/10Wf2qC

A year after an operating deficit handed down by the state budget drove RIPTA to make the largest service cuts in its six-decade-long history, the statewide public bus system’s reduction-induced shortcomings plague both riders and drivers. trib.al/Ei5tMvE

Just when we thought we had a little more time before winter starts knocking down our door, the atmosphere is throwing us a curveball. trib.al/9l74Rkn

Governor Dan McKee and his top aides violated the free speech rights of a staffer — who is also a prominent Providence city councilor — when they fired him for his comments in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, a judge has ruled. trib.al/PzqNSVX

Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor who scaled the Shakespearean canon and added gravitas to a “Star Trek” franchise and the “X-Men” films, has died. He was 86. trib.al/NoZ2fuR

In Rhode Map: Rhode Island’s two US representatives are on the cusp of something they’ve never had in their relatively short years in Congress: Power. trib.al/qR9eXA3

As we look ahead to the end of the work week, we’ll see temperatures warm up both Thursday and Friday under mostly sunny skies, with the chance for a few sprinkles entering late as a weak front presses through from the northwest. trib.al/ko2Mw41

Commentary: In public health, we talk a lot about mammograms and genetic risks, but don’t talk enough about how alcohol consumption and weight gain may also contribute to women’s risk of breast cancer. trib.al/T9HkJUf

Commentary: It takes a profound level of tone-deafness and lack of introspection to justify disrupting the lives of 600 workers by forcing them to choose between interstate commutes or losing their livelihood because your food traveled for 30 minutes. trib.al/nnrDyQx

With home heating oil prices soaring and energy costs high, people are turning to firewood, space heaters, and even wall tapestries. trib.al/YfnRsYb

Commentary: This investment would help Rhode Island continue to build and preserve affordable homes, rehabilitate existing properties, revitalize neighborhoods, and expand homeownership opportunities. trib.al/XGo2EKe

High pressure will regress towards the Mid-Atlantic and set up a southwesterly flow by Friday, meaning temperatures will return to the upper 60s Thursday and low 70s across Southern New England. trib.al/gv3mkuz

Providence’s presumptive incoming mayor and city council president say it’s time to take the cameras down, citing data privacy concerns. But police say the technology has been vital. trib.al/F0NZLmW