Category Archives: Featured
LISTEN: Speaker Mattiello unloads on the Providence Journal
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello presides over the truck toll debate on February 10. Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello delivered a stinging response Tuesday afternoon to SundayR...
May 25, 2016
Cranston plan that put all inmates in 1 city district tossed
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal judge has thrown out a redistricting plan in Cranston that put all of the inmates at the state prison into one city ward. U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux on Tuesda...
May 24, 2016
Ex-lawmaker to face trial for alleged ethics violation
Donald Lally (right) and his attorney Patrick Dougherty leave the offices of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Rhode Island State Ethi...
May 24, 2016
Providence gave over $65k to embattled Councilman Jackson’s program
photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - City records show that over the past decade, several Providence agencies and city funds donated more than $65,000 to the youth track-and-field...
May 24, 2016
Taxpayer assistance approved for proposed Providence hotel
Proposed Homewood Suites Hotel for downtown Providence PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Construction on an extended-stay hotel in Providence is set to move forward after the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation v...
May 24, 2016
Buddy Cianci’s family sorts through what he left behind
by MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - When former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci died unexpectedly in January, he left behind several charitable and business ventures, including h...
May 20, 2016
Hummel Report: Taking a Toll
Critics argued that within a $9 billion annual budget Rhode Island could find $45 million to help fund desperately-need bridge repairs across the state, instead of tolling trucks. But now that the Rho...
May 19, 2016
Rhode Island House passes wine biscuit bill
In this Tuesday, May 17, 2016 photo Kristen Catanzaro, of North Providence, R.I., displays wine biscuits in the packing room of her baking facility, in Pawtucket, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) P...
May 19, 2016
VP Biden to visit Rhode Works project
Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The White House says Vice President Joe Biden is planning to visit Rhode Island on May 27 to talk about investments in transpor...
May 19, 2016
Secretary of State releases Open Government data tool
WPRO News Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea launched an online tool Thursday designed to help Rhode Islanders access open government information filed with the Department of State. The Open Governme...
May 19, 2016
