Category Archives: Featured
Providence considers adding more red-light cameras
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A proposal to allow 20 more red-light cameras in Providence is being considered by the city council, and officials plan to have 10 in place by year-end. WPRI-TV reports the pro...
Jul 22, 2017
State police investigating tuition waivers of top state aide Montanaro
Screenshot via WPRI-TV PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island State Police are investigating how a top aide to a state lawmaker received nearly $50,000 in free tuition. Former Democratic state Rep. Fran...
Jul 17, 2017
Groups call on Raimondo to veto prescription database bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - More than 20 groups, including the Rhode Island Medical Society and American Civil Liberties Union, are calling on Gov. Gina Raimondo to veto legislation that would allow law e...
Jul 17, 2017
Flynn seeks sanctuary from Russia scandal in Middletown surf
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) - Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, at the center of multiple pro...
Jul 17, 2017
BREAKING: Speaker Mattiello vows first move in budget breakdown
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, left, laughs with R.I. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, right, moments before Raimondo signed the state budget into law during ceremonies at the Statehouse, Tuesday, ...
Jul 14, 2017
PODCAST: What’s going on in East Greenwich?
Photo via Flickr/cmh2315fl WPRO’s Gene Valicenti talks with Sue Cienki, East Greenwich Town Council President and Patrolman Christopher Rafferty, East Greenwich Police Department – Union V...
Jul 12, 2017
Governors from US states gather in Rhode Island amid multiple challenges
photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The nation’s governors gather this week amid great un...
Jul 12, 2017
Audit: Rep. Williams fails to report $18,000 for campaign
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An audit by the Rhode Island Board of Elections has found a longtime lawmaker failed to report more than $18,000 in contributions and $20,000 she withdrew from her account to r...
Jul 06, 2017
Speaker Mattiello: ‘See you in January’
WPRO News and the Associated Press Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello told WPRO’s Gene Valicenti Thursday morning that he has no intentions of returning the General Assembly to session. ...
Jul 06, 2017
Providence School Board creates ‘working group’ after teacher arrest
Providence School Board President Nicholas Hemond talks to reporters after Wednesday’s emergency meeting. Photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Providence School Board President N...
Jul 06, 2017
