Category Archives: Featured

Rhode Island auditor to look at faulty UHIP benefits system
Governor Raimondo is joined by Anya Wallach and Eric Beane as she gives an update on the troubled UHIP situation. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s auditor g...
Cumulus Media Feb 22, 2017

Warwick father charged after infant found unresponsive dies
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A 7-month-old girl found unresponsive at a Warwick home has died and police say her father is facing charges. Emergency personnel responding to a 911 call from the infant’s ...
Cumulus Media Feb 22, 2017

Raimondo on attending Deloitte sponsored event – ‘unbelievable coincidence’
Governor Gina Raimondo. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Governor Gina Raimondo's decision to attend a Deloitte-sponsored event in California last week drew critics, includ...
Cumulus Media Feb 21, 2017

LISTEN: Former Governor Chafee: Running again?
Image taken from CSPAN by Tara Granahan – WPRO After months of silence in the wake of his brief presidential run, the former Mayor/Senator/Governor Lincoln Chafee spoke to WPRO’s Tara Gran...
Cumulus Media Feb 21, 2017

Rhode Island’s DMV system upgrade could launch in summer
File photo PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A long-delayed new computer system for the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles could go live this summer. Department of Revenue Director Robert Hull says ...
Cumulus Media Feb 21, 2017

Rhode Island human services chief Elizabeth Roberts resigns
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Elizabeth Roberts and Gov. Gina Raimondo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s top human services official has stepp...
Cumulus Media Feb 14, 2017

Central Falls bans sale of tobacco to anyone under 21
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island city has passed an ordinance banning the sale of tobacco to anyone under 21. WJAR-TV reports that the ordinance passed Monday night by the Central Falls City ...
Cumulus Media Feb 14, 2017

Rhode Island GOP files complaint against Mattiello-led campaign fund
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Republican Party has filed a complaint over a political action committee led by Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello. State GOP Chairman Brandon Bell sa...
Cumulus Media Feb 14, 2017

Rhode Island legislators seek to ban investments in Trump’s wall
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A group of Democratic state legislators wants to ban Rhode Island from investing in companies that work with the Trump administration to build a proposed wall along the U.S.-Me...
Cumulus Media Feb 14, 2017

Rhode Island State Police get tough on unsafe driving after 6 deaths
SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island State Police are cracking down on speeding, aggressive driving and other unsafe practices in response to six traffic-related deaths in the state this month. Departme...
Cumulus Media Feb 14, 2017





