Category Archives: Local News

Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Senate passed legislation that sponsors say provides tools to address the pay gap between races and genders. The Senate passed three bi...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - President Donald Trump has nominated Rhode Island Public Defender Mary McElroy to be a judge on the U.S. District Court in Providence. The White House on Tuesday announced the ...

photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence has collected more than $900 since it installed orange "giving meters" for people who want to donate to homeless causes without givi...

Gene Valicenti and Governor Gina Raimondo in the WPRO studios. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle   Gene Valicenti talks with Governor Raimondo about a variety of topics including school construction, the...

Police display drugs, cash and gold seized in a Providence to Southeastern Massachusetts ring in an operation they called “Operation Grape Juice”. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve...

Rhode Island mayors and other leaders express concerns about a test of the census being conducted in Rhode Island, and urge the elimination of a controversial question on the 2020 form about citizensh...

By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Rhode Island State Police say they are confident in their fiscal controls, but will review the procedures for the extra money paid to officers for overtime and road details ...

Legislation that would abolish the Smithfield Land Trust – introduced by the same representative who helped create it two decades ago – has ignited a heated debate in town, where two longt...

image found on Wikimedia Commons Angelica Penta from Gel’s Kitchen in West Warwick and Mike & Gel’s Pizza in Warwick joins the Tara Granahan Show to discuss lunch shaming happening in ...

Federal and state agents removed evidence boxes from a maintenance business in East Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News Federal and state agents raided a maintenance business in Eas...