Category Archives: Featured
PODCAST- Rep Nardolillo: Reinstate E-Verify
WPRO News Representative Robert A. Nardolillo (R-Coventry) announced Wednesday that he will propose legislation during the 2017 House legislative session to reverse former Governor Lincoln Chafee's 20...
Jan 04, 2017
Exeter Veteran’s cemetery makes changes after US flags strewn among trash
photo via Stan Snyzyk, Facebook EXETER, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery has implemented new policies to ensure flags are handled properly after tattered American flags were fou...
Jan 04, 2017
State House Speaker Mattiello, Senate president re-elected
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News The Associated Press and Anita Baffoni, WPRO News While the rain pounded on the pavement on Smith Hill, new lawmakers were sworn in at the State House then joined the...
Jan 03, 2017
US marshal urges escaped prison inmate to turn himself in
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The U.S. marshal in Rhode Island is urging an escaped prisoner to turn himself in. Former Army reservist James Morales escaped from the Wyatt Detention Facility on Saturday. Po...
Jan 03, 2017
Round-the-clock federal manhunt underway for escaped Central Falls inmate
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - A round-the-clock state and federal manhunt is underway for an inmate who escaped from a Rhode Island detention center. The Wyatt Correctional Center warden says 35-year-old...
Jan 03, 2017
Raimondo loses top adviser, hires another
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is losing one of her closest advisers and hiring a new top aide from the Obama administration. The Democratic governor’s office said Frida...
Dec 30, 2016
RIDOT plan aims to relieve congestion on I-95 North
Graphic provided by RI Department of Transportation By Anita Baffoni WPRO News A $226 million plan aims to reduce congestion on I-95 North in downtown Providence. The Rhode Island Department of Transp...
Dec 29, 2016
Several Republicans consider running against Governor Raimondo
Governor Raimondo talks with reporters. Photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Several Rhode Island Republicans are openly weighing a run to unseat Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo in 2...
Dec 29, 2016
LISTEN: Speaker Mattiello on estate tax, elimination of car tax
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Anita Baffoni WPRO News Doubling down on his campaign promise to eliminate the excise car tax, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello says the state will reimburse c...
Dec 28, 2016
Actress and author Carrie Fisher dies at age 60
(AP Photo/Jerry Mosey) SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars,” has died. She wa...
Dec 27, 2016
