Category Archives: Featured
New Ken Block report critiques generous firefighter pension agreements
WPRO News Ken Block has released a new report focused on Johnston’s $55 million unfunded pension liability. This is the second study focused on the costs of fire protection in the state. Block's...
Apr 27, 2015
PawSox owners say they’d consider buying land for ballpark
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The new Pawtucket Red Sox owners say they’d consider buying the state land where they want to build a new ballpark in downtown Pr...
Apr 27, 2015
Rhode Island housing market better last month than in 2014
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Statistics released by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors show that single-family house sales held steady in March despite the ha...
Apr 27, 2015
Cranston police to receive special autism training
WPRO News and the Associated Press CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – Cranston police officers will soon receive special training for interacting with people who are autistic. The training will be conducted ...
Apr 27, 2015
Is this Providence School Building Making Students Sick?
Rhode Island's oldest charter school had to scramble last year when the long-time lease on its building in Providence was not renewed. It wound up moving into a vacant parochial school that needed a l...
Apr 23, 2015
Watchdog group: Chafee a candidate under federal law
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com A campaign finance watchdog group says Lincoln Chafee's recent statements on running for president make him a candidate under federal law, giving him fifteen days to file...
Apr 17, 2015
Boston to mark 2nd anniversary of marathon bombings
Image found on Flikr creative commons WPRO News and the Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – A moment of silence, the tolling of church bells and a call for kindness will mark the second annive...
Apr 15, 2015
Providence College, students apologize for officer’s injury
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Students and college officials have apologized for a mob that injured an officer hit by a hurled liquor bottle as students gathered to ...
Apr 13, 2015
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing
WPRO News and the Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been convicted in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon. A federal jury found Tsarnaev guilty Wednesday in the 2013 terro...
Apr 08, 2015
All eyes on 2 high profile jury deliberations
WPRO News Two high-profile cases Massachusetts cases have gone to jury as the trials of accused-Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhohkar Tsarnaev and ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez enter the final lap. Wednesday ...
Apr 08, 2015
