Category Archives: Local News
LISTEN: Former Governor Chafee: Running again?
Image taken from CSPAN by Tara Granahan – WPRO After months of silence in the wake of his brief presidential run, the former Mayor/Senator/Governor Lincoln Chafee spoke to WPRO’s Tara Gran...
Feb 21, 2017
Rhode Island’s DMV system upgrade could launch in summer
File photo PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A long-delayed new computer system for the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles could go live this summer. Department of Revenue Director Robert Hull says ...
Feb 21, 2017
Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame announces newest inductees
Throwing Muses, one of the 2017 inductees into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. (File- promotional image) PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame has announced its newest induct...
Feb 19, 2017
Rhode Island human services chief Elizabeth Roberts resigns
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Elizabeth Roberts and Gov. Gina Raimondo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s top human services official has stepp...
Feb 14, 2017
Central Falls bans sale of tobacco to anyone under 21
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island city has passed an ordinance banning the sale of tobacco to anyone under 21. WJAR-TV reports that the ordinance passed Monday night by the Central Falls City ...
Feb 14, 2017
Rhode Island GOP files complaint against Mattiello-led campaign fund
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Republican Party has filed a complaint over a political action committee led by Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello. State GOP Chairman Brandon Bell sa...
Feb 14, 2017
Atlanta zoo names cockroach after Patriots QB Tom Brady
photo via Atlanta Zoo Facebook ATLANTA (AP) - More than a week after the Falcons fell victim to the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, an Atlanta zoo has named a cockroach after Patriots quarterb...
Feb 14, 2017
Rhode Island legislators seek to ban investments in Trump’s wall
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A group of Democratic state legislators wants to ban Rhode Island from investing in companies that work with the Trump administration to build a proposed wall along the U.S.-Me...
Feb 14, 2017
Rhode Island State Police get tough on unsafe driving after 6 deaths
SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island State Police are cracking down on speeding, aggressive driving and other unsafe practices in response to six traffic-related deaths in the state this month. Departme...
Feb 14, 2017
Hamilton coming to PPAC for 2018-19 Season
Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton. By Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announces the Broadway sensation, "Hamilton" ...
Feb 14, 2017
