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Lawmakers to review grants in wake of chairman’s resignation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island lawmakers are reviewing how they distribute grants to community organizations in the wake of the resignation of the House finance chairman. Democratic House Speake...
May 04, 2016
Mattiello: Gallison resigned amid federal probe, is “outraged”
Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News (AP)- Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has told the House that Finance Committee Chairman Raymond Gallison has resigned amid a federal investigation into...
May 03, 2016
Gallison, Chairman of House finance committee, resigns
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The chairman of the powerful House finance committee has resigned, but his lawyer won’t say why. Anthony Traini, a lawyer for Democratic Rep. Raymond Gallison, said Tuesd...
May 03, 2016
Massachusetts Senate approves under-21 ban on tobacco sales
BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to raise the minimum age for purchasing cigarettes and other tobacco products across the state, whic...
Apr 29, 2016
Clinton backers ‘feel the Bern’ of angry Sanders supporters
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t, right, and Hillary Clinton react as they speak during the CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Thursday, ...
Apr 28, 2016
Providence budget proposal calls for $20M spending increase
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has proposed a nearly $717 million city budget that includes reductions in residen...
Apr 28, 2016
Hummel Report — Mailing it in
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is being entrusted with hundreds of millions of dollars to repair the state's failing bridges. But some residents in Smithfield give the D.O.T. a failing ...
Apr 28, 2016
Clinton embraces Trump’s mention of ‘woman’s card’
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles at her presidential primary election night rally, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) BILL BARROW, Associated Pres...
Apr 27, 2016
Ted Cruz picks Carly Fiorina as presidential running mate
In this photo taken March 11, 2016, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks to Carly Fiorina in Orlando, Fla., Friday, March 11, 2016. According to an AP Source: Cruz has pick...
Apr 27, 2016
Providence Place to convert vacant space into more parking
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation has voted to approve a $20 million renovation project at the Providence Place mall that will bring additional parking and streetscape chan...
Apr 27, 2016
