Category Archives: Local News

Hot 106’s Bekah Berger, Lite Rock 105’s Heather, and 92 PRO-FM’s Barbi-Jo and Jessica wrap up this summer in entertainment news!

Professor Deborah Gonzalez, Director of the Immigration Clinic at the Roger Williams Law School, joined Dan Yorke to discuss what a roll- back of DACA would mean financially, socially, and politically...

by Tara Granahan, WPRO Just before the one-year anniversary of the $444.5 million computer debacle at the Department of Human Services known as UHIP (Unified Health Infrastructure Program) , WPRO̵...

by Tara Granahan, WPRO Minutes after the State Traffic Commission voted down a proposal Thursday that would bar tractor-trailers from driving on certain state roads, Chris Maxwell, President of the RI...

photo via Twitter   WPRO News Former Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice and potential Republican candidate for Senate Robert Flanders joined WPRO’s Gene Valicenti Thursday morning to discus...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A former Rhode Island House speaker has been transferred to a halfway house in Pawtucket after more than two years behind bars. Former Speaker Gordon Fox arrived at the facility...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The tax on a pack of cigarettes in Rhode Island is now 50 cents higher. The hike takes effect Wednesday, raising the tax on cigarettes from $3.75 to $4.25 a pack. State lawmake...

Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts city council is expected to pass a resolution directing the city manager to try and bring the Pawtucket Red Sox from Rhode Is...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A former Rhode Island House Speaker will soon be transferred to a halfway house in Pawtucket after more than two years behind bars. Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien said Monday th...