Category Archives: Featured
UPDATED: RIGOP files ethics complaint against state Senator Valarie Lawson
Senator Valarie Lawson (D-East Providence) The Rhode Island GOP has filed a complaint with the Board of Ethics against Senator Valarie Lawson (D-East Providence), who is also Vice-President of the Nat...
May 06, 2019
Lawmakers overseas, out-of-state, expense-paid trips common
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - While Rhode Island's lieutenant governor is under investigation by the state Ethics Commission for failing to disclose a trip he took to Taiwan last year, the practice of polit...
May 06, 2019
No campus shutdown after shell casing found at RI College
Rhode Island College campus. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Listen to “No campus shutdown after shell casing found at RI College” on Spreaker. By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Providence ...
May 02, 2019
PODCAST: Mattiello says criticism of evergreen contract bill is ‘dishonest, inappropriate’
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. LISTEN TO BILL HABERMAN’S REPORT: Listen to “Speaker Mattiello says ad urging evergreen veto is ‘dishonest,’ ‘inappropriate'” on S...
May 02, 2019
Elorza signs Providence plastic bag ban into law
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The mayor of Providence has signed into law a city-wide ban on plastic checkout bags. Mayor Jorge Elorza signed the Retail Plastic Bag Reduction Act on Wednesday. The Pro...
May 02, 2019
Raimondo’s campaign war chest grows to more than $600,000
Governor Gina Raimondo delivers the 2019 State of the State address. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has raked in more than $400,000 in campaign ...
May 02, 2019
Empty chair and a prop chicken: Barr skips Mueller hearing
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr skipped a House hearing Thursday on special counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia report, escalating an alr...
May 02, 2019
Poll: Biden solidifies front-runner status with post-announcement bump
Photo via CNN Newsource. Listen to “Poll: Biden solidifies front-runner status with post-announcement bump” on Spreaker. By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director (CNN) — Former Vice...
Apr 30, 2019
Grebien – Raimondo ‘misspoke’ when she said he criticized Hasbro
photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News by WPRO News Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien told WPRO’s Dan Yorke that he believes Governor Gina Raimondo ‘misspoke’ when she said that he criticized Ha...
Apr 30, 2019
LISTEN: State takeover of Providence schools is an option
Listen to “Ask the Governor: State takeover of Providence schools is an option” on Spreaker. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo isn’t ruling out the possib...
Apr 29, 2019
