Category Archives: Featured

Raimondo says budget negotiations with lawmakers continue
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo says she’s still negotiating with Rhode Island state lawmakers on next year’s budget, including legislators’ proposal to cut car taxes that...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017

RI senators pass bill demanding all 38 Studios records
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island Senate Committee has passed a bill demanding the release of all records related to the investigation of the state’s failed $75 mill...
Cumulus Media Jun 08, 2017

The Hummel Report — The Cost of Doing Business?
With many areas of state government looking for savings to help bridge a mammoth deficit in next year’s budget, the General Assembly is asking for an increase on the amount it spends on itself: ...
Cumulus Media Jun 08, 2017

READ: Comey’s Opening Statements: President Trump told him “I need loyalty”
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FBI Director James Comey will say in his opening statement to a congressional hearing that President Donald Trump told him, “I need loyalt...
Cumulus Media Jun 07, 2017

PODCAST: Former Rep Joe Trillo weighs gubernatorial run
Former Republican Representative Joseph Trillo announced that he will hold an event, "Exploring Rhode Island's Future" on Tuesday, June 27 at six o'clock at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. "I am giving s...
Cumulus Media Jun 07, 2017

PODCAST: Rhode Island Republican Caucus renews call to repeal RhodeWorks toll plan
House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan (R-District 26 Coventry, Warwick, West Warwick) and the Rhode Island Republican caucus have renewed their calls to repeal RhodeWorks. Last month, the caucus relea...
Cumulus Media Jun 07, 2017

Providence police recruit injured in accidental shooting
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island police recruit has been injured in an accidental shooting at a friend’s apartment. Police say 29-year-old Teudy Asencio was shot in the foot Monday while a f...
Cumulus Media Jun 07, 2017

Hummel Report — A Big Learning Curve
It has been a bumpy transition as the Apponaug Circulator gradually changes over to a series of roundabout intersections: traffic snarls, continued problems with dust and debris and a Hummel Report in...
Cumulus Media Jun 01, 2017

New records related to 38 Studios investigation surface
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Senate has filed a bill to release all records related to the investigation of a failed video game venture after state police discovere...
Cumulus Media Jun 01, 2017

Twin River Casino workers threaten to go on strike
LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) - Several hundred workers at the Twin River Casino and Event Center in Rhode Island are threatening to go on strike after their employer switched them to a more costly health care p...
Cumulus Media Jun 01, 2017





