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WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island General Assembly will reconvene for its first legislative session of the new year. Lawmakers returning to the Statehouse on ...

Protesters rally at the State House calling on Governor Gina Raimondo to keep her campaign promise to give drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants on November 23, 2015. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle b...

BY MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - This year’s biggest order of business in the Rhode Island General Assembly might be resolving the unfinished business left when th...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Higher minimum wages and tighter checks on campaign finances are among new laws going into effect as 2016 begins. Rhode Island’s minimum wage will increase by 60 cents pe...

DOT’s Joe Bucci stands in front of Rhode Island’s salt reserves. by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Rhode Islanders are preparing for the first winter storm of the 2015 winter season and accordin...

WPRO News and the Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Southern New England is preparing for its first snowfall after a mild start to winter. The National Weather Service is predicting much of Massachusetts...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Transportation officials say they’re closing a bridge in Providence as they accelerate the schedule to replace it. The state Department...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials say two firefighters were hospitalized following the rescue of three women during a blaze that occurred over the weekend in Provide...

by MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A failed campaign to build a stadium for the Pawtucket Red Sox in downtown Providence, prison time for a man who was once one of the most...

By WPRO News A man was stabbed to death in Providence Tuesday night, and at least three people were shot early Thursday afternoon, marring the hours before the Christmas holiday in the capital city. P...