Category Archives: Featured
Low-income Providence residents begin getting monthly income
Mayor Jorge Elorza at Amos House in Providence July 13, 2021 at the initial announcement of a pilot program to provide low-income families with $500 a month. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENC...
Dec 01, 2021
Rhode Island working on proof of vaccination app
Gov. Dan McKee gives a COVID-19 briefing in Lincoln. via Facebook LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is developing a cellphone app that will allow residents to quickly and easily prove they have been v...
Dec 01, 2021
2 unrelated fatal shootings by police being investigated
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Two unrelated fatal shootings by police just hours apart in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are under investigation. The first occurred around 6 p.m. Monday in Fall River, Massachu...
Nov 23, 2021
Feds declare East Coast herring fishery a disaster
Atlantic herring. Photo: NOAA.gov PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The herring fishing industry in the Northeast qualifies for federal assistance because its 2019 season has been declared a disaster.The federal...
Nov 22, 2021
Report: Food insecurity remains high in Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - About one out of every six Rhode Island households struggles to put enough food on the table, significant...
Nov 22, 2021
Rhode Island awarded $81.7M federal grant for new health lab
The Rhode Island Department of Health Laboratory in Providence is due to be replaced by a new facility. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has been awarded an $...
Nov 22, 2021
1st formerly incarcerated person named to state parole board
The Rhode Island ACI Intake Service Center. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's governor has appointed someone who once was incarcerated to the state's parole ...
Nov 19, 2021
Two Democratic senators oppose Powell as Fed chair
Chairman Jerome Powell – photo: Federal ReserveWASHINGTON (AP) - Two Senate Democrats will oppose the reappointment of Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, as President Joe Biden is ex...
Nov 19, 2021
Former House speaker hired as a lobbyist for Lifespan
Former House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (left) and current Speaker Joseph Shekarchi appeared at a political event September 15, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Rh...
Nov 19, 2021
Lobstermen must start removing gear to save whales, feds say
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The federal government says lobster fishermen off the Maine coast must begin to remove gear from a new protected area intended to help whales. N...
Nov 19, 2021
