Category Archives: Local News
Local census committee reacts to U.S. Supreme Court decision
Members of the Rhode Island Complete Count Committee, from left, Marcela Betancur, Cortney Nicolato and John Marion, react to a U.S. Supreme Court decision putting on hold, a Trump administration effo...
Jun 27, 2019
Attorney general: 4,000 speculative PPAC ‘Hamilton’ tickets sold
Chris De’Sean Lee, Jose Ramos, Wallace Smith, Miguel Cervantes – HAMILTON Chicago Company – (c) Joan Marcus 2016 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island has reached an agreement w...
Jun 27, 2019
Public to weigh in on right-to-die bills for terminally ill in Massachusetts
photo via Wikimedia Commons BOSTON (AP) – Legislation that would legalize the right to die for the terminally ill is the subject of a hearing on Beacon Hill. The legislation would allow those wi...
Jun 25, 2019
Rhode Island’s General Assembly enters a busy final week
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Listen to “GOP State Rep Brian Newberry – End of session and the budget” on Spreaker. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -Proposals ...
Jun 24, 2019
Hummel Report – Silent no more
The longtime coach of the varsity baseball team in South Kingstown is under increasing fire from some parents and former players, who say his abusive behavior – and questions about spending from...
Jun 24, 2019
RI, MA residents among victims in New Hampshire biking accident
WPRO News and The Associated Press New Hampshire officials have released the names of the seven people killed when a truck collided with a group of motorcyclists on a rural highway, and they include v...
Jun 24, 2019
Senate committee approves Mary McElroy for federal judgeship
U.S. District Court nominee Mary McElroy. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The nomination of Rhode Island Public Defender Mary McElroy to be a judge for the U.S. Dis...
Jun 24, 2019
Update: Suspect in woman’s shooting found dead in RI nature preserve
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) – The suspect in the shooting death of a woman in the parking lot of a Massachusetts shopping center has died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Bristol Distri...
Jun 24, 2019
Rhode Island House passes nearly $10B budget
photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's House of Representatives has passed a nearly $10 billion state budget. The Democratic-controlled House appro...
Jun 22, 2019
Investigative reporter Jim Taricani passes away
Jim Taricani By MICHELLE R. SMITH, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Jim Taricani, an award-winning TV reporter who exposed corruption and served a federal sentence for refusing to disclose...
Jun 22, 2019
