Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island passes civics, Black history curriculum bills
Rep. Brian Newberry, (R-North Smithfield, Burrillville) speaks on the floor of the RI House June 24, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island General Assembly ha...
Jul 02, 2021
Rhode Island man diagnosed with rare tick-borne disease
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island resident has been diagnosed with a rare tick-borne disease that can cause muscular weakness or even paralysis, st...
Jun 29, 2021
2 men get prison terms for shooting at Providence nightclub
Flow nightclub, is seen in a 2016 file photo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two Massachusetts men have been sent to prison for shooting up a Rhode Island nightclub they had ...
Jun 29, 2021
CCRI schedules 2 enrollment/vaccination clinics
Community College of Rhode Island Warwick campus. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Community College of Rhode Island is hosting two COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week i...
Jun 28, 2021
Two-month-old baby in state custody dies
Photo via WesterlyPolice.org WPRO News and The Associated Press A two-month-old baby in the custody of state child welfare authorities has died. The Department of Children, Youth and Families in an em...
Jun 28, 2021
Governor: police shooting “off the charts” in terms of concern
Gov. Dan McKee appeared at a housing event in Smithfield June 28, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Steve Klamkin WPRO News Saying concern about an off-duty police officer’s shooting of a t...
Jun 28, 2021
Rhode Island’s only law school requires course on law, race
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - The only law school in Rhode Island will begin to require that second year students take a course on race and law in the U.S. starting this fall a...
Jun 28, 2021
Top Democratic lawmaker nixes Baker’s sales-tax free plan
Massachusetts Statehouse courtesy Sathiya Raj via Wikipedia BOSTON (AP) - The top Democrat in the Massachusetts Senate on Friday dismissed a proposal by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker to expand the sta...
Jun 25, 2021
Massachusetts announces details of $1M vaccine lottery
Gov. Charlie Baker gets the COVID vaccine at the Hynes Convention Center April 6, 2021. Photo courtesy Mass. Governor’s Office BOSTON (AP) - The first of five drawings for the Massachusetts coro...
Jun 25, 2021
Unemployment, temporary disability benefits rising
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Islanders collecting unemployment benefits and temporary disability insurance are getting more in their checks starting next month. The state Department of Labor and Traini...
Jun 25, 2021
