Category Archives: Featured
Police, DCYF investigating child death in Warwick
By WPRO News Warwick Police confirmed on Friday that they’re investigating the death of a nine-year-old. Police said they responded to a medical call in Oakland Beach on Thursday night. The chil...
Jan 04, 2019
Suspended lawyer arrested for allegedly threatening a judge
Photo via RI State Police. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island State Police have arrested a lawyer with a suspended license for allegedly threatening a state Supreme Court justice. Police say 3...
Jan 04, 2019
Trump confirms he said he could keep shutdown going for months or years
Photo via CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A meeting Friday between President Donald Trump and newly powerful Democrats ended in split descriptions of what transpired, with Republicans expressin...
Jan 04, 2019
US House adopts Rep. Cicilline’s plan for ethics training
Congressman David Cicilline after voting on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2018. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Congressman David Cicilline says the U.S. House of Represent...
Jan 04, 2019
After shutdown talks go nowhere, officials to try again
By LISA MASCARO and CATHERINE LUCEY, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - No one budged at President Donald Trump's closed-door meeting with congressional leaders, so the partial government shutdown...
Jan 03, 2019
House Reform Caucus proposes rules changes
Members of the House Reform Caucus propose rules changes. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By WPRO News Arguing that current rules leave much of the legislative process in the dark, the House’s Re...
Jan 02, 2019
Community college faculty protest shortened winter session
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Faculty members at the Community College of Rhode Island are protesting a shortened winter session they say is detrimental to students. WJAR-TV reports that CCRI faculty mem...
Jan 02, 2019
PODCAST: Mattiello wants creation of office to investigate State House sexual harassment
House Speaker Nick Mattiello speaks to press after a caucus. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By WPRO News House Speaker Nick Mattiello said he’ll create an office to investigate claims of sexual ...
Jan 02, 2019
Fall River apartment building ordered torn down
Demolition crews began tearing down the Four Winds Apartments in Fall River, destroyed in a New Year’s Day crash and fire that left an elderly driver dead and some 80 people displaced. Photo by ...
Jan 02, 2019
Mattiello re-elected House Speaker
Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Protesters outside the House chamber and 19 Democratic abstentions didn’t stop Nick Mattiello from being re-elected Speaker during the first...
Jan 01, 2019
