Category Archives: Local News
Report: Officials were warned a year before turbine snapped
Photo by Kim Kalunian/Courtesy WPRI-12 NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - Reports show Rhode Island officials were warned about an unstable 100-foot wind turbine at Salty Brine State Beach nearly a year before...
Apr 26, 2017
Rhode Island state revenues $43 million below forecast
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s state revenue collections are sagging, complicating negotiations between state leaders over proposed tax cuts and spending priorities. The state Department...
Apr 26, 2017
Pawtucket cop charged with punching elderly casino bathroom attendant
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A police officer charged with punching a 73-year-old casino bathroom attendant because “the water was too cold” is seeking to avoid prison time. The Providence Journ...
Apr 26, 2017
Elorza, other mayors remain confused with ‘sanctuary’ term after Sessions meeting
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WASHINGTON (AP) - Mayors from several U.S. cities, including Providence, that are threatened with the loss of federal grants emerged fro...
Apr 26, 2017
Ethics complaint against RI high court justice moves forward
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An ethics complaint against a Rhode Island Supreme Court justice has moved forward. The state Ethics Commission on Tuesday voted 5-2 to find probable cause that Justice Francis...
Apr 25, 2017
The Hummel Report — Clean Enough?
Narragansett Bay is the cleanest it has been in more than a century – but the federal government says it's still not enough. That means customers of the Narragansett Bay Commission pay triple wh...
Apr 20, 2017
PODCAST: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nicholas Kristof talks O’Reilly, refugees, more
Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of “A Path Appears,” joined The Dan Yorke Show ahead of his talk, "Moral Obligations and National Interest: Refugees in the 2...
Apr 19, 2017
PODCAST: Paolino claims Blue Cross violates tax agreement
Former Mayor Joseph Paolino announces his purchase of the former St Joseph’s Hospital building. (Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News) Former Providence Mayor Joseph Paolino tells WPRO’s Tara...
Apr 19, 2017
PODCAST: Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez dead after hanging self in cell
DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction and just days ago was acquitted of a double murder, died a...
Apr 19, 2017
Tax break fuels Massachusetts software firm’s move to Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former Massachusetts-based company has moved about 15 miles across the state border after Rhode Island agreed to give it a $520,000 tax break. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo...
Apr 19, 2017
