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RI will try to reassign unvaccinated health state workers
RI Gov. Dan McKee encouraged Rhode Islanders to get COVID vaccinations and booster shots in an appearance September 30, 2021 at Pilgrim Senior Center in Warwick. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVI...
Oct 01, 2021
Judge tosses challenge to health care worker vaccine mandate
Governor Dan McKee gets a COVID booster shot September 30, 2021 at the Pilgrim Senior Center in Warwick. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday denied a r...
Sep 30, 2021
Appeals are mounting in Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press Objections to a historic settlement with Purdue Pharma are mounting in the form of appeals, with Rhod...
Sep 29, 2021
Connecticut agency OKs sports betting licenses for tribes
Sports betting opens in Tiverton in December, 2018. File photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Department of Consumer Protection has approved the state licenses that Foxwoods Resort ...
Sep 29, 2021
State trooper seriously injured when cruiser struck by truck
In a photo issued by the Massachusetts State Police, a cruiser, seen in the foreground, was hit by a tractor trailer that jack-knifed on I-95 on September 28, 2021. WESTON, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusett...
Sep 29, 2021
Police arrest suspect in random attack on hospital employee
Photos released by Taunton Police show (at left) a photo taken by the purported stabbing victim of her alleged assailant, and (at right) a booking photo of Victoria Disharoon, 28 of Taunton. TAUNTON, ...
Sep 23, 2021
State police union sues over governor’s vaccination mandate
Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Defense BOSTON (AP) - The union that represents about 1,800 Massachusetts State Police troopers went before a judge Wednesday to ask for a delay in the implementation...
Sep 22, 2021
Progressive candidate says he’ll run for RI governor
Matt Brown is seen in a 2019 file photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former Rhode Island secretary of state said Wednesday he's running for governor again in the hopes of "over...
Sep 22, 2021
Some health care workers can work beyond Oct. 1
RI Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott briefs reporters on coronavirus developments August 26, 2021 at Green Line Apothecary in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I...
Sep 22, 2021
Governor to lawmakers: Spend some of $1.1B in rescue funds
RI Governor Dan McKee talks with reporters in a September 21, 2021 news conference in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's governor wants state legislati...
Sep 21, 2021
