Category Archives: Local News
Lawmakers adjust proposed RI Senate rule changes
Senate President Dominick Ruggerio. photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island state Senate leaders have adjusted proposed rule changes that some lawmakers complained would ...
Mar 07, 2019
Former Boy Scouts assistant chaplain faces new sex assault charges
Photo via State Police By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Just weeks after a former Boy Scouts assistant chaplain faced charges for the alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old disabled man, State Police announc...
Mar 06, 2019
This Week at the State House
photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons By WPRO News and the Associated Press Attorney General proposes narcotics cases changes Attorney General Peter Neronha is proposing that possession of sma...
Mar 01, 2019
Senate committee votes in support of DCYF director
Dr. Trista Piccola, director of the state Department of Children, Youth and Families PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee has voted unanimously in support of reapp...
Mar 01, 2019
Lawmaker introduces 3 gun control bills
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Bills that would enact stronger gun control laws in Rhode Island have been introduced in the General Assemb...
Mar 01, 2019
Update: Suspect in woman’s death to face charges in Rhode Island
Jassy Correia. Photo provided by Boston Police Department. BOSTON (AP) – A man arrested in Delaware after a woman’s body was found in the trunk of the car he was driving will return to Rho...
Mar 01, 2019
“School of Rock” rocks at PPAC
By Kimberly Rau This weekend, The Providence Performing Arts Center is hosting School of Rock, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the 2003 movie starring Jack Black. Musicals from movies are alw...
Mar 01, 2019
MTM fined $1 million, contract renegotiated
MTM President and CEO Alaina Macia answers questions from the House Oversight Committee. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By Tessa Roy, WPRO News After over 1,300 complaints of elderly and disabled pati...
Feb 28, 2019
PODCAST: Speaker Mattiello aims to freeze beach parking fees
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello says he's looking to freeze beach parking fees in Rhode Island, rather than increase them as the governor req...
Feb 28, 2019
2 Rhode Island lawmakers propose state sales tax holiday
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two state lawmakers are proposing a sales tax holiday for Rhode Island. WJAR-TV reports that State Rep. Joe Solom...
Feb 28, 2019
