Category Archives: Local News
Rep Serpa on failed UHIP system: “Ditch it, start over”
by Tara Granahan, WPRO After word Friday that the projected cost of Rhode Island's failed computer system at the Department of Human Services (DHS) for benefits has grown to nearly half a billion doll...
Dec 05, 2017
RI Democratic Party Exec Director attacks Cranston Mayor over arrest of Fmr. Police Chief
by Lexi Kriss Former Cranston Police Chief Marco Palombo was arrested on charges of domestic assault on the evening of Thursday, November 30th. On Friday evening the Rhode Island Democratic Party rele...
Dec 04, 2017
CVS pushes into insurance with $69 billion Aetna bid
By TOM MURPHY and DAVID KOENIG (AP) – CVS will buy insurance giant Aetna in a roughly $69 billion deal that will help the drugstore chain reach deeper into customer health care and protect a key...
Dec 03, 2017
Former Nat’l Security Advisor Flynn pleads guilty, lied to FBI
Retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn gestures as he arrives at Trump Tower, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Trump national security adviser Michael Fl...
Dec 01, 2017
Former Cranston police chief facing domestic violence charges
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A former Rhode Island police chief has been charged with domestic assault and domestic disorderly conduct. Former Cranston Chief Marco Palombo Jr. was arrested by officers...
Dec 01, 2017
State orders Memorial Hospital to stop performing surgeries
Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island health officials have ordered Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket to stop admitting new patients, servin...
Dec 01, 2017
PODCAST: New plea from Pawtucket Mayor on PawSox stadium​
by Tara Granahan Pawtucket’s mayor is making another plea to keep the PawSox in his city, this time to lawmakers on Smith Hill. Don Grebian told WPRO’s Tara Granahan the city has two poten...
Nov 30, 2017
Infosys plans 500 new tech jobs in Rhode Island by 2022
Infosys President and Deputy COO Ravi Kumar announces new design and innovation hub coming to Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The India-based outsourcing and info...
Nov 27, 2017
Renumbering to start on Interstate 295 exits in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Exits will soon be getting new numbers on Interstate 295 in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation says that the entire I-295 corridor from Warwick through...
Nov 27, 2017
PODCAST- Chafee: UHIP issues “not Deloitte’s fault”
by Tara Granahan, WPRO That’s another blow from former governor Lincoln Chafee aimed at his successor in an interview Wednesday with WPRO’s Tara Granahan. Chafee adamantly stated he believ...
Nov 22, 2017
