Category Archives: Local News
PODCAST: Former Gov Chafee talks Power Plant, UHIP, 38 Studios with Dan Yorke
by Lexi Kriss, WPRO Former Governor Chafee joined The Dan Yorke Show to voice his opposition to the Burrillville power plant proposal. Chafee provided three reasons he opposes the power plant: water i...
Apr 18, 2017
Rhode Island hires first cybersecurity officer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo has appointed Rhode Island’s first cybersecurity officer. Mike Steinmetz began working this week as the Democratic governor’s top policy adviser ...
Apr 18, 2017
NEW: Feds move in on UHIP debacle
Governor Gina Raimondo. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle by Tara Granahan, WPRO After months of complaints, delays, and frustration, it’s been reported that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigat...
Apr 18, 2017
Rhode Island, vendors reach settlement in DMV computer system lawsuit
File photo As first reported this morning on WPRO with Gene Valicenti, The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles and the company installing new software at the DMV has announced that they have reach...
Apr 12, 2017
Firm hired to study impact of new PawSox stadium proposals
Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The Pawtucket Red Sox and the city have jointly hired a national firm to explore the financial impact of a new stadium on the city’s dow...
Apr 12, 2017
Cicilline calls for Spicer to resign after Hitler comment
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during a news conference at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A congressman from Rh...
Apr 12, 2017
Temperature records fall as warmth descends on the region
photo via BBQJunkie/Flickr BOSTON (AP) - Temperature records have fallen in southern New England as summer-like warmth descended on the region. By Tuesday afternoon, many locations in Massachusetts, R...
Apr 11, 2017
Sport institute founder Dan Doyle won’t get a new embezzlement trial
Pool photo by Bob Breidenbach / The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island judge has ruled that a former boxing promoter, ex-college basketball coach and founder of a Rhode I...
Apr 11, 2017
Rep Morgan to submit legislation to repeal truck tolls in Rhode Island
House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan (R-Coventry, Warwick, West Warwick) announced Tuesday that she will submit legislation to repeal the Rhode Works toll law. Rep. Morgan's bill would repeal the pro...
Apr 11, 2017
Rep Lancia proposes limit on sex offenders in shelters
Photo by Lindsey Lerner CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island legislators are supporting a proposed bill that would limit the number of homeless sex offenders at state-run residential facilities. The Pro...
Apr 10, 2017
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