Category Archives: Featured
Biden’s Commerce pick, Raimondo, voices tough line on China
RI Gov. Gina Raimondo appeared via video before the Senate Commerce Committee January 26, 2021 in her confirmation hearing to become President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Commerce WASHINGTON (AP) -...
Jan 26, 2021
Rhode Island gets $70M to boost testing, vaccinations
People line up for coronavirus tests at the RI Convention Center December 7, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has received an infusion of more than $70 milli...
Jan 25, 2021
Bally’s acquires Monkey Knife Fight fantasy sports company
The floor of the Tiverton Casino Hotel, operated by Twin River at its pre-opening ribbon-cutting on Aug. 30, 2018. In 2020, Twin River changed its name to Bally’s. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO Ne...
Jan 25, 2021
RWU starts spring semester with aggressive testing program
BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Roger Williams University in Rhode Island is starting the spring semester with a robust coronavirus testing program that requires students to get tested twice per week. The Bristo...
Jan 25, 2021
Transportation chief tapped for highway administration post
Outgoing Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, who is leaving to join the Biden Administration to become deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration is seen in a Jul...
Jan 21, 2021
AG reviewing who is getting COVID vaccines in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's attorney general is reviewing whether the state's largest hospital operators are pr...
Jan 21, 2021
Kennedy Plaza bus plan spurs discrimination complaint
A RIPTA bus alongside Burnside Park in downtown Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Opponents of a proposal to break up the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's bus...
Jan 20, 2021
Gov. signs order to alleviate substitute teacher shortage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed an executive order allowing retired teachers to return to the classroom while continuing to collect their full pension, a move meant to help allev...
Jan 20, 2021
Biden sworn in as 46th President of the United States
Photo via CNN Newsource. By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, declaring th...
Jan 20, 2021
Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others
photo by Greg Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Banno...
Jan 20, 2021
