Category Archives: Featured
Update: Suspect in woman’s death to face charges in Rhode Island
Jassy Correia. Photo provided by Boston Police Department. BOSTON (AP) – A man arrested in Delaware after a woman’s body was found in the trunk of the car he was driving will return to Rho...
Mar 01, 2019
MTM fined $1 million, contract renegotiated
MTM President and CEO Alaina Macia answers questions from the House Oversight Committee. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By Tessa Roy, WPRO News After over 1,300 complaints of elderly and disabled pati...
Feb 28, 2019
PODCAST: Speaker Mattiello aims to freeze beach parking fees
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello says he's looking to freeze beach parking fees in Rhode Island, rather than increase them as the governor req...
Feb 28, 2019
2 Rhode Island lawmakers propose state sales tax holiday
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two state lawmakers are proposing a sales tax holiday for Rhode Island. WJAR-TV reports that State Rep. Joe Solom...
Feb 28, 2019
Walmart is getting rid of greeters; disabled workers worried
In this April 21, 2018 photo provided by Rachel Wasser, Walmart greeter John Combs works at a Walmart store in Vancouver, Wash. Combs, who has cerebral palsy, and other greeters with disabilities are ...
Feb 28, 2019
House OKs Democrats’ bill blocking Trump emergency on wall
By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats ignored a veto threat and rammed legislation through the House Tuesday that would stymie President Donald Trump's bid f...
Feb 26, 2019
Commission: State Supreme Court justice violated ethics rule
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The state Ethics Commission found Tuesday that a Rhode Island Supreme Court justice violated an ethics rule. Commission members dete...
Feb 26, 2019
Attorney general reviews church abuse claims in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's attorney general said Tuesday that he's...
Feb 26, 2019
Senators grill pharmaceutical CEOs about high drug prices
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MATTHEW PERRONE, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators grilled CEOs of seven major drug companies on Tuesday over high prescription drug prices that are a drai...
Feb 26, 2019
Big welcome in Hanoi for Trump, Kim and new nuclear talks
By FOSTER KLUG and JONATHAN LEMIRE, The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - After long journeys to Vietnam, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are in place for their se...
Feb 26, 2019
