Category Archives: Featured
State auditors begin investigating Rhode Island College
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials say state auditors have begun their investigation into the financial management and human resources practices of Rhode Island Colle...
Dec 22, 2015
Rep Solomon proposes Rhode Island sales tax holiday
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island lawmaker is proposing a sales tax holiday in August to keep shoppers from flooding into neighboring Massachusetts for a simila...
Dec 21, 2015
Rhode Island foreclosures down 52 percent
photo by Mark Moz via Flickr WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island home foreclosures are down 52 percent from last year. A report by HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams...
Dec 21, 2015
Report: Racial gap still wide in Rhode Island college graduation rates
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Federal education data show more black and Latino students are attending college than ever, but the share of those earning college degrees lags that of white students. The Prov...
Dec 21, 2015
New Englanders fear repeat of last year’s historic snows
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - A warm start to winter has New Englanders feeling wary as Tuesday’s winter solstice approaches. And who can blame them? Last winter began mu...
Dec 21, 2015
Ex-Providence city councilor, state Rep Tejada pleads guilty in tax refund scheme
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former elected official from Providence has pleaded guilty to federal tax and wire fraud charges. Leon Tejada admitted Friday he ran a scheme from 2009 through 2012 at his ta...
Dec 18, 2015
Sanders campaign: DNC is “attempting to undermine” campaign
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (photo by Brookings Institute via Flickr/Creative Commons) KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders...
Dec 18, 2015
Costantino agrees to testify to committee probing 38 Studios
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The former chairman of Rhode Island’s House Finance Committee has agreed to testify before a House committee investigating the state...
Dec 16, 2015
Man sues after citation for panhandling at Cranston intersection
Mike Monteiro shows a sign used to get donations when Cranston PD ticketed him in June. Photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A disabled man who ...
Dec 16, 2015
Taxpayers vote to increase Coventry Fire District’s budget
Photo from Coventry Township WPRO News and the Associated Press COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) - Officials say taxpayers voted to increase the budget for the embattled Coventry Fire District by $400,000 during t...
Dec 16, 2015
