Category Archives: Local News
PODCAST: Ask Speaker Mattiello – May 8 2019
Listen to “Ask the Speaker 5-8-19” on Spreaker. Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (D-Cranston) joined WPRO’s Gene Valicenti for the May edition of “Ask the Speaker....
May 08, 2019
UPDATED: Providence Councilman Salvatore blasts website coverage as false, ‘epitome of fake news’
WPRO News Providence City Councilman and former City Council President David Salvatore released a scathing press release on Monday afternoon criticizing local website GoLocalProv for making ‘vic...
May 06, 2019
Man who had cocaine mailed to Rhode Island gets prison time
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Providence man who brought cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island through the U.S. Postal Service has been sentenced to a year in prison. Federal prosecutors said Mon...
May 06, 2019
Bryant University President Machtley announces retirement next year
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) - The president of Bryant University in Rhode Island has announced that he will retire next year after more than two decades on the job. Ronald Machtley in a letter to the Bryant...
May 06, 2019
Cleanup at Cranston cemetery leads to Revolutionary War hero’s grave
Photo by Lindsey Lerner CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – A gravesite cleanup in Rhode Island has led to the discovery of a Revolutionary War hero’s grave. The Providence Journal reports that Capt. Jo...
May 06, 2019
UPDATED: RIGOP files ethics complaint against state Senator Valarie Lawson
Senator Valarie Lawson (D-East Providence) The Rhode Island GOP has filed a complaint with the Board of Ethics against Senator Valarie Lawson (D-East Providence), who is also Vice-President of the Nat...
May 06, 2019
Lawmakers overseas, out-of-state, expense-paid trips common
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - While Rhode Island's lieutenant governor is under investigation by the state Ethics Commission for failing to disclose a trip he took to Taiwan last year, the practice of polit...
May 06, 2019
Rhode Island rejects medical pot use for opioid addiction
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island Department of Health has rejected a request to make opioid dependency a qualifying condition for the state’s medical marijuana program. The Provide...
May 02, 2019
No campus shutdown after shell casing found at RI College
Rhode Island College campus. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Listen to “No campus shutdown after shell casing found at RI College” on Spreaker. By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Providence ...
May 02, 2019
PODCAST: Mattiello says criticism of evergreen contract bill is ‘dishonest, inappropriate’
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. LISTEN TO BILL HABERMAN’S REPORT: Listen to “Speaker Mattiello says ad urging evergreen veto is ‘dishonest,’ ‘inappropriate'” on S...
May 02, 2019
