Category Archives: Featured
READ: Providence FOP Letter to City Council criticizing ‘Community Safety Act’
Read the letter sent by the Providence FOP to the Providence City Council Wednesday prior to the second vote on the controversial “Community Safety Act.” See Below:
Apr 26, 2017
Trump administration unveils new tax plan
(AP) – President Donald Trump wants to simplify the personal tax code by cutting rates and eliminating deductions used by more affluent Americans. White House economic adviser Gary Cohn says the...
Apr 26, 2017
Senator Whitehouse accuses EPA chief Pruitt of violating ethics law
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate Democrat says the head of the Environmental Protection Agency is breaking the law by agreeing to headline a state GOP fundraiser. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed an ethics com...
Apr 26, 2017
Court hears arguments for releasing 38 Studios records
FILE – In this Wednesday, May 16, 2012, file photo, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, center, is followed by members of the media as he departs the Rhode Island Economic Development ...
Apr 26, 2017
Rhode Island state revenues $43 million below forecast
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s state revenue collections are sagging, complicating negotiations between state leaders over proposed tax cuts and spending priorities. The state Department...
Apr 26, 2017
Pawtucket cop charged with punching elderly casino bathroom attendant
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A police officer charged with punching a 73-year-old casino bathroom attendant because “the water was too cold” is seeking to avoid prison time. The Providence Journ...
Apr 26, 2017
Elorza, other mayors remain confused with ‘sanctuary’ term after Sessions meeting
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WASHINGTON (AP) - Mayors from several U.S. cities, including Providence, that are threatened with the loss of federal grants emerged fro...
Apr 26, 2017
Ethics complaint against RI high court justice moves forward
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An ethics complaint against a Rhode Island Supreme Court justice has moved forward. The state Ethics Commission on Tuesday voted 5-2 to find probable cause that Justice Francis...
Apr 25, 2017
The Hummel Report — Clean Enough?
Narragansett Bay is the cleanest it has been in more than a century – but the federal government says it's still not enough. That means customers of the Narragansett Bay Commission pay triple wh...
Apr 20, 2017
PODCAST: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nicholas Kristof talks O’Reilly, refugees, more
Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of “A Path Appears,” joined The Dan Yorke Show ahead of his talk, "Moral Obligations and National Interest: Refugees in the 2...
Apr 19, 2017
