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NEWS: Activists rap Rhode Island open records compliance
WPRO and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Activists who seek public records have filed 14 complaints with the Rhode Island attorney general’s office citing 53 violations of the...
Dec 22, 2014
NEWS: Pawtucket resident dies after Sunday afternoon fire
WPRO News and the Associated Press Police say a man who was injured in a fire in Pawtucket has died. The Providence Journal reports police identified the victim as 62-year-old Robert Iiams. The fire s...
Dec 22, 2014
NEWS: Taveras reflects on 4 years as mayor
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence Mayor Angel Taveras says he views saving the city from bankruptcy as his biggest accomplishment in his single, four-year ter...
Dec 22, 2014
NEWS: Luis “Fat Boy” Gonzalez sentenced in Aynis Vargas shooting
Luis “Fat Boy” Gonzalez is accompanied by his lawyer, Robert Mann and surrounded by sheriffs as he reads an apology to the family of Aynis Vargas, 12, who was shot and killed in Jun...
Dec 19, 2014
NEWS: 5 European companies to open shop in Rhode Island
Governor Chafee receives a jacket from Galivm co-founder Luca Calenda. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News WPRO News Five European companies have pledged to set up shop in Rhode Island as a part of the...
Dec 18, 2014
NEWS: North Providence moves to strip pension from embattled Coventry fire chief
Embattled Coventry Fire District Chief Paul Labbadia leaves a pension hearing in North Providence without comment. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Embattled Coventry Fire District Chief Paul Labbadia...
Dec 18, 2014
NEWS: Circus disputes citation for hair-hanging accident
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has contested a citation it received from federal regulators for an accident in Rhode Isl...
Dec 18, 2014
Rhode Island Spotlight — A Way Back
By Jim Hummel More than a third of the men and women released from prison in Rhode Island return to the ACI within a year – nearly half within three years – often because they have no supp...
Dec 18, 2014
NEWS: Voters oust Fall River’s Flanagan, elect DA Sutter as new mayor
Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter claims victory after winning a special recall election that ousted Fall River Mayor William Flanagan. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Bristol County Distri...
Dec 16, 2014
NEWS: Raimondo says policy summit is about finding ideas
Governor-elect Gina Raimondo speaks at her policy summit held at URI Providence. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Governor-elect Gina Raimondo said the purpose of calli...
Dec 16, 2014
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