Category Archives: Local News
Ex-state employee sentenced for stealing government funds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former Rhode Island state employee has been sentenced to federal prison for altering computer files to steal more than $500,000 in benefits from the state’s unemploymen...
Apr 03, 2017
Tara Granahan named permanent 9am-Noon host on WPRO
Apr 03, 2017
Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan, Clay Pell to divorce
Michelle Kwan with Clay Pell. WPRO File Photo. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Olympic medalist figure skater Michelle Kwan and Rhode Island attorney and political activist Clay Pell are getting divorced. Pel...
Mar 29, 2017
RI Commerce settles SEC case over 38 Studios deal
JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The state’s economic development agency said on Wednesday it has settled a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Securities and Exch...
Mar 29, 2017
PODCAST: UHIP numbers at highest; info missing from transparency portal
by Tara Granahan, WPRO The numbers aren’t good. That’s the takeaway after WPRI’s Susan Campbell tweeted Tuesday night:
Mar 29, 2017
PODCAST: Sheriff Hodgson on mayors of sanctuary cities – ‘Arrest them’
Sheriff Thomas Hodgson (file) WPRO’s Gene Valicenti talks with Bristol County Massachusetts Sheriff Thomas Hodgson about his testimony yesterday on Capitol Hill, where he told the House Judiciar...
Mar 29, 2017
East Providence Pawtucket Avenue bridge replacement project to get underway this weekend
Pawtucket Avenue Bridge photo via RIDOT EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Department of Transportation says a plan to replace a bridge in East Providence is getting underway this weekend. ...
Mar 29, 2017
PODCAST- Now Boarding: Governor Gina Raimondo?
Wikimedia Commons Image. by Lexi Kriss, WPRO Governor Raimondo joined the Dan Yorke Show on Tuesday to highlight her office’s latest initiative to bulster job creation in Rhode Island. She says ...
Mar 28, 2017
IN DEPTH – Providence Police Union has concerns with new class of recruits
Sgt Robert Boehm, the Providence Fraternal Order of Police President, talks with WPRO’s Matt Allen about concerns the union has about some of the new police academy recruits.
Mar 28, 2017
Senate finance chairman Da Ponte says he’s being removed from role
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The chairman of the Rhode Island Senate’s finance committee says he’s being removed from his position by new Senate President Dominick Ruggerio. Democratic Sen. Dan...
Mar 28, 2017
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