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Nancy Lavin

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Nancy Lavin is a senior reporter at the Rhode Island Current. She is an award-winning reporter covering politics, energy issues and the environment for Rhode Island Current. She previously reported on banking and finance, energy and entrepreneurship for Providence Business News. Nancy also spent three and a half years at the Frederick (Md.) News-Post and worked at The Westerly Sun. She is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island.

RI elections board approves early voting regulations
Rhode Island

RI elections board approves early voting regulations

5:54pm ET
Nancy Lavin
For four years, local election administrators have relied on a single sentence in state law to carry out early in-person voting. Not anymore. Regulations approved by a 4-0 vote of the Rhode Island Board of Elections at its meeting Tuesday...
As temperatures soar, so do calls for help paying utility bills
Rhode Island

As temperatures soar, so do calls for help paying utility bills

Jul 06, 2026
Nancy Lavin
The George Wiley Center’s voicemail inbox can no longer handle all the after-hours calls from seniors, single-parent families and other residents in danger of losing electricity due to unpaid bills — or already without it. “People are in crisis,” Camilo...
McKee picks up steam in new UNH poll, but Foulkes still Democratic front-runner
Rhode Island

McKee picks up steam in new UNH poll, but Foulkes still Democratic front-runner

Jul 01, 2026
Nancy Lavin
Gov. Dan McKee’s dim reelection prospects have brightened slightly, though Democratic challenger Helena Buonanno Foulkes still has a double-digit lead over the incumbent, according to a new University of New Hampshire (UNH) poll published Tuesday. The survey of 337 likely...
The doctor will not see you now: 1,900 seniors, disabled residents to lose Brown Health providers
Rhode Island

The doctor will not see you now: 1,900 seniors, disabled residents to lose Brown Health providers

Jun 30, 2026
Nancy Lavin
Dr. Avishek Chatterjee is trained on how to give bad news to patients. But he’s having difficulty delivering the diagnosis, with no course of treatment, for the senior and disabled patients whose health insurance won’t cover their visits to him...
The man who wasn’t there gets attacked anyway at Grow Smart gubernatorial forum
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The man who wasn’t there gets attacked anyway at Grow Smart gubernatorial forum

Jun 29, 2026
Nancy Lavin
Even in absentia, Gov. Dan McKee dominated discussion among his opponents during a gubernatorial forum hosted by Grow Smart Rhode Island Friday afternoon. McKee’s campaign told event organizers the governor could not attend the question-and-answer session during the public policy...
RI GOP endorses Aaron Guckian for governor
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RI GOP endorses Aaron Guckian for governor

Jun 26, 2026
Nancy Lavin
Republican gubernatorial candidate Aaron Guckian secured the state GOP’s endorsement in the only contested state or federal seat vetted during the party’s statewide contention at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in Cranston Thursday night. Guckian secured the Republican endorsement over primary...
Local Dems endorsement count has Foulkes leading 12-2
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Local Dems endorsement count has Foulkes leading 12-2

Jun 25, 2026
Nancy Lavin
Add Providence, Warwick, Cranston and Woonsocket to the growing list of municipal Democratic committees backing Helena Buonanno Foulkes in the 2026 gubernatorial primary. Endorsement votes taken by all four city committees in separate, simultaneous meetings Wednesday night put Foulkes’ tally...
McKee seizes veto pen to block building energy use reporting bills
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McKee seizes veto pen to block building energy use reporting bills

Jun 25, 2026
Nancy Lavin
In a shocking move for environmentalists, Gov. Dan McKee is exercising his veto power to block legislation requiring large buildings to report their energy use. The companion bills by Rep. Rebecca Kislak , a Providence Democrat, and Sen. Meghan Kallman...
A party divided: RI Dems convention split leaves no endorsements for governor, LG and AG
Rhode Island

A party divided: RI Dems convention split leaves no endorsements for governor, LG and AG

Jun 22, 2026
Nancy Lavin
Neither Gov. Dan McKee nor challenger Helena Foulkes will get the top spot and asterisk signaling the party endorsement on the September primary ballot after the Rhode Island Democratic Party declined to endorse either at its state committee convention Saturday...
‘The people in this room are the backbone of our democracy.’ 67 complete state elections training.
Rhode Island

‘The people in this room are the backbone of our democracy.’ 67 complete state elections training.

Jun 22, 2026
Nancy Lavin
Two weeks into his new job as Jamestown’s canvassing board clerk, Keith Ford spotted and flagged forged signatures on Sabina Matos’ candidate nomination papers in the 2023 1st Congressional District special election. Ford’s eagle eyes set off a yearslong investigation...
Party leaders, lawmakers champion Rhode Island joining Super Tuesday states
Rhode Island

Party leaders, lawmakers champion Rhode Island joining Super Tuesday states

Jun 18, 2026
Nancy Lavin
How to recast Rhode Island’s reputation as a flyover state and increase turnout in presidential primary elections? Vote earlier. Newly approved legislation sent to Gov. Dan McKee’s desk on Tuesday shifts the state’s 2028 presidential primary from late April to...
Boston appeals court tosses Trump memo on offshore wind, letting federal permitting continue
Rhode Island

Boston appeals court tosses Trump memo on offshore wind, letting federal permitting continue

Jun 17, 2026
Nancy Lavin
The Trump administration is running out of legal paths to block offshore wind development, after the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed its appeal seeking to overturn a Massachusetts federal judge’s ruling. The two-page judgment issued Monday offers no...