Category Archives: Featured
Rhode Island considers removing state sales tax on feminine products
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s General Assembly is considering legislation to exempt tampons and other feminine hygiene products from state sales taxes. There is a national push to aboli...
Apr 07, 2016
Mayor Elorza, Boston Mayor Walsh announce partnership at Providence gun violence summit
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza (left) announce a partnership between Providence, Boston, Arms with Ethics, and Future Municipalities to reduce gun violence in the region. (...
Apr 06, 2016
Narragansett Brewing Company heads home to Rhode Island
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Officials have announced that the Narragansett Brewing Company will be moving its brewing operations back to Rhode Island for the first time since 1983. WPRI-TV reports Presiden...
Apr 04, 2016
AG Kilmartin to hold forum on legalizing marijuana
FILE – Young marijuana plants are shown in this Sept. 15, 2009 file photo (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is hosting a forum ...
Apr 03, 2016
“Cooler, Warmer” dropped, tourism chief resigns over botched tourism rollout
Governor Raimondo addresses the disastrous tourism roll out this week. Photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News. MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP...
Apr 01, 2016
4 firefighters treated for cyanide poisoning after blaze
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - At least four firefighters are being treated for cyanide poisoning after battling a fire near Providence College. WJAR-TV reports that 21 fire...
Apr 01, 2016
NEW: Are we paying to promote the First Gentleman?
Gina Raimondo and her husband, Andy Moffitt talk with reporters following the inaugural. WPRO’s Tara Granahan is asking just that, after receiving a press release entitled, “First Gentlema...
Mar 31, 2016
RI Chief Marketing Officer doesn’t know what Gaspee Day is
photo by NVicacco via Flickr In an interview this morning with WPRO’s Gene Valicenti, Rhode Island Chief Marketing officer Betsy Wall admitted that she didn’t know what Gaspee Day is. For ...
Mar 31, 2016
Governor Raimondo says Iceland video may draw tourists
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s governor says people searching for Iceland online are finding her state instead because of a goof in its tourism video and she’s hoping they’ll...
Mar 30, 2016
Rhode Island designer’s alternative state logo design goes viral
by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO Rhode Island graphic designer Missy Hardesty wasn’t a fan of the state’s new “Warmer and Cooler” design. “It hurt my eyeballs,” she told W...
Mar 30, 2016
