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Massachusetts cannabis panel OKs 4 more pot shop licenses
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) BOSTON (AP) – The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has approved final licenses for four more retail marijuana shops in Fall River, Hudson, Pittsfield and ...
Cumulus Media Dec 13, 2018

Judge gives former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen 3 years in prison
Photo via CNN By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would "take a bullet"...
Cumulus Media Dec 12, 2018

Rhode Island sues Google over privacy lapse
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit against Google over a recent privacy flaw that exposed the personal information of 52.5 million Google Plus users. State General Treasurer Seth...
Cumulus Media Dec 12, 2018

Providence City Council postpones Fane Tower vote
By Tessa Roy, WPRO News After two members didn’t show, the Providence City Council moved to postpone its vote on whether to override Mayor Jorge Elorza’s veto of a zoning change for the pr...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2018

RI leaders strategize to keep toymaker Hasbro from leaving the state
Top Rhode Island political leaders (from left) Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, Gov. Gina Raimondo and House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello emerge from a closed-door meeting at the State House to discu...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2018

Department to change police chase policy following shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Authorities in Rhode Island have recommended changes for police chases in response to a fatal officer-involved shooting on Interstate 95 last year. WPRI-TV reports that t...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2018

Trump says military to build border wall if Democrats refuse
By MATTHEW DALY, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to pressure Democratic congressional leaders into supporting his demand for billions of dollars to build h...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2018

Special election set for newly-vacant Bristol/Warren House seat
Photo via Laufton Ascencao social media PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials have set the date for a special election to fill the seat of a newly-elected Rhode Island state representative who resigned ov...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2018

Raimondo announces six judicial picks
Governor Raimondo with her judicial picks Richard Merola, Melissa Darigan, Christopher Knox Smith, Melissa DuBose, Susan Pepin Fay, and Keith Cardoza. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By WPRO News Gover...
Cumulus Media Dec 10, 2018

Diverse group of PACs supported Rhode Island campaigns
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A wide range of political action committees supported Rhode Island campaigns this year. The Providence Journal reports that PACs run by unions, large corporations, advoca...
Cumulus Media Dec 10, 2018





