Category Archives: Local News
Paiva Weed can’t lobby General Assembly for 1 year
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The former leader of the Rhode Island Senate will have to wait a year before lobbying her former colleagues in the General Assembly. The...
May 23, 2017
Hidden vault uncovered at Rhode Island capitol
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Workers at the Rhode Island State House are taking guesses at what might be hidden behind a recently uncovered vault door. The Providence Journal report...
May 23, 2017
Rhode Island House speaker promises no all-night sessions
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives is promising “no late-night sessions” as the legislature is just weeks away from adjourning for the year. De...
May 22, 2017
Elorza vows to strip indicted council president Aponte of powers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The mayor of Rhode Island’s biggest city says he will try to strip the indicted council president of his powers after he refused to step down. Providence Mayor Jorge Elor...
May 18, 2017
DUI suspect runs car onto train tracks in Olneyville
photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Neighbors say they chased down a man who was obviously drunk, after he allegedly hit a car while speeding on Harris Avenue, crashed through ...
May 17, 2017
Vistaprint planning a 125-person Rhode Island sales office
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A company known for selling business cards and other customized publishing products is planning a 125-person sales office in Rhode Island. Vistaprint is...
May 17, 2017
PawSox owners seek $38 million taxpayer help for new stadium
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox are asking taxpayers for $38 million to help finance a new $83 million ballpark project near downtown Pawtucket. PawSox Chairman Larry Lucchino a...
May 16, 2017
Raimondo says PawSox stadium plan headed in right direction
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo says the owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox are heading in the right direction as they work on a plan to build a new stadium. The Democratic governor told repor...
May 16, 2017
Raimondo says she’s willing to scale back free tuition plan
Governor Gina Raimondo. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo says she might have to scale back her plan to provide two years of free tuition at public colleges. The Dem...
May 16, 2017
PODCAST: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse talks FBI director firing with Gene Valicenti
WPRO’s Gene Valicenti talks with RI Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey. LISTEN BELOW:
May 11, 2017
