2025 in Rhode Island
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Rhode Island.
Incumbents
[edit]State government
[edit]Events
[edit]- March 9 – The Providence Journal moves its printing operations to New Jersey after 195 years of operations in Rhode Island.[1]
- July 30 – Brown University agrees to an agreement with the Trump administration, in which Brown will pay $50 million to state workforce development organization, adopting federal definitions of "male" and "female", and remove considerations of race in admissions in exchange for the Trump administration restoring federal funding.[2]
- August 1 – A federal judge rules Rhode Island's gun permit system, which requires residents to have "a need" to openly carry in the state, does not violate the Second Amendment.[3]
- August 22 – The Trump administration orders a halt to construction on Revolution Wind, a nearly-completed wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, over "concerns related to the protection of national security interests". The wind farm would have provided power to 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut.[4]
- September 18 – Rhode Island and nine other Northeastern states announce the formation of the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, a coalition of local health leaders.[5]
Sports
[edit]- May 24 – 31: 2025 Ladies Real Tennis World Championships[6]
Deaths
[edit]- August 20 – Frank Caprio, former Chief Judge of the Municipal Court of Providence and city councilman[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NEWS, NBC 10 (March 9, 2025). "Providence Journal prints its last papers at Rhode Island printing press". WJAR. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Binkley, Collin (July 30, 2025). "Brown University strikes agreement with Trump administration to restore lost federal funding". The Associated Press. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ Kruesi, Kimberlee (August 4, 2025). "Judge rules that Rhode Island's gun permit system does not violate Second Amendment". The Associated Press. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ^ Friedman, Lisa; Plumer, Brad; Joselow, Maxine (August 22, 2025). "Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built". The New York Times. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
- ^ "Several Northeastern States and America's Largest City Announce the Northeast Public Health Collaborative". NYC Health. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ "Fahey in seventh heaven after retaining world titles". www.henleystandard.co.uk. May 1, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ^ Klein, Asher; Casper, Priscilla (August 20, 2025). "'Nicest judge in the world' Frank Caprio dies after cancer recurrence". NBC 10. Retrieved August 20, 2025.