Category Archives: Local News
Women and Infants doctors oppose RI Hospital’s planned obstetrics unit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Doctors and officials at a Rhode Island hospital are opposing a rival hospital’s plan to build an obstetrics unit nearby, showing up at public meetings to say the proposa...
May 03, 2017
Records: Raimondo has $2 million before 2018 campaign
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Campaign finance records show Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo has more than $2 million on hand before her 2018 bid for re-election. WPRI-TV reports Raimondo’s campaign rais...
May 02, 2017
Governor supports recall of indicted Providence Councilman Jackson
photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo says she will vote to recall a Providence councilman who’s facing a recall election amid embezzlement char...
May 02, 2017
Ask the Governor: Chafee criticism, UHIP, Immigration, and more.
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo joined Gene Valicenti in studio and took questions from callers on Tuesday morning for “Ask the Governor.” The Governor discussed recent criticism from ...
May 02, 2017
LISTEN: Chafee re-emerges to criticize successor Raimondo
Image taken from CSPAN PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is re-inserting his voice into state politics with an open letter criticizing his successor, Gov. Gina Raimondo, ...
May 01, 2017
Coast Guard: Stop using buoys as target practice
NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) - The Coast Guard in Rhode Island is trying to stop people using buoys as target practice, saying shooting at the navigational aids may be fun, but it’s also a federal cr...
Apr 27, 2017
READ: Providence FOP Letter to City Council criticizing ‘Community Safety Act’
Read the letter sent by the Providence FOP to the Providence City Council Wednesday prior to the second vote on the controversial “Community Safety Act.” See Below:
Apr 26, 2017
Trump administration unveils new tax plan
(AP) – President Donald Trump wants to simplify the personal tax code by cutting rates and eliminating deductions used by more affluent Americans. White House economic adviser Gary Cohn says the...
Apr 26, 2017
Senator Whitehouse accuses EPA chief Pruitt of violating ethics law
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate Democrat says the head of the Environmental Protection Agency is breaking the law by agreeing to headline a state GOP fundraiser. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed an ethics com...
Apr 26, 2017
Court hears arguments for releasing 38 Studios records
FILE – In this Wednesday, May 16, 2012, file photo, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, center, is followed by members of the media as he departs the Rhode Island Economic Development ...
Apr 26, 2017
