Category Archives: Featured
Wells Fargo to ask for dismissal of SEC suit over 38 Studios
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 ...
Aug 05, 2016
Probe of ex-finance director’s alleged embezzlement launched
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island State Police has launched an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars from The Providence Plan by ex-finance director Charle...
Aug 03, 2016
Bill Clinton remembers Mark Weiner as ‘forever young’ in eulogy
Jesse Jackson arrives to Temple Beth-El with Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza (left) for the funeral of Mark Weiner, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in Providence, R.I. Weiner, a major Democratic donor and fundra...
Aug 02, 2016
Rhode Island receives $200k to detect Zika birth defects
(AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island will receive $200,000 in federal funding to enhance its efforts to detect microcephaly and other birth defects caused by the Zika viru...
Aug 02, 2016
Rhode Island is the most dangerous state for senior citizen drivers
photo by Doug Kerr via Flickr Financial news and opinion website 24/7 Wall St. reports that the most dangerous state for senior citizen drivers is Rhode Island, where seniors are 2.2 times more likely...
Aug 02, 2016
Obama: Trump “unfit” to be President
President Barack Obama speaks at the 95th National Convention of Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta, Ga., Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) JULIE PACE, AP White House Corresponde...
Aug 02, 2016
Bill Clinton to eulogize longtime friend Mark Weiner in RI today
Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the second day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Form...
Aug 02, 2016
North Providence police officials, mayor named in complaint
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The highest ranking female officer in the history of the North Providence Police Department has filed a complaint alleging that she was subjected to abusive comments by s...
Aug 02, 2016
Speaker Mattiello calls for release of 38 Studios information
Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has called on the state police and attorney genera...
Aug 01, 2016
The Hummel Report — A Big Hit
The Providence-to-Newport ferry has been a huge success since it was launched on July 1st – with 12,000 tickets sold in the first three weeks. But the service relies on a $500,000 federal grant ...
Jul 28, 2016
