Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island House set for debate on reforming its rules
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island legislators are proposing to make the state House of Representatives more democratic by taking some ...
Feb 14, 2017
Flynn, fired once by a president, now resigns to another
Retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn gestures as he arrives at Trump Tower, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) STEPHEN BRAUN, Associated Press ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press WASH...
Feb 14, 2017
Rhode Island governor seeks 38 Studios investigation records
Governor Gina Raimondo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s governor is asking a court to release grand jury documents from a criminal investigation into the ...
Feb 13, 2017
Providence Police face complaints about ‘third-shift terror squad’
MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A lawyer calls it the “third-shift terror squad”: a band of white officers who patrol the South Side of Providence at night and...
Feb 07, 2017
Providence rally to celebrate Super Bowl champion Patriots
(AP Photo/Steven Senne) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The New England Patriots are bringing their Super Bowl trophy to Rhode Island. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is hosting a rally Tuesday in Prov...
Feb 07, 2017
Lawmakers again propose prison time for leaving kids in car
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Parents who leave a child unattended in their car could face a year in prison under a bill being considered by Rh...
Feb 07, 2017
LISTEN: Governor Raimondo sits down with WPRO’s Dan Yorke
Governor Raimondo and Dan Yorke talk in her office at the Rhode Island State House. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo sat down with WPRO’s Dan Yorke on Monday...
Feb 06, 2017
Rhode Island GOP proposes eliminating beer tax
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Ending the sales tax on beer sold in Rhode Island liquor stores is on the agenda of some Republican state legislators. House Minority Whip Blake Filippi, a Block Island Republi...
Feb 06, 2017
5 new hotels under development in downtown Providence
photo by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Contractors say Providence is expected to have 19 hotels by 2019 if current developments remain on schedule. The Providence Journal reports that...
Feb 06, 2017
Brady leads biggest comeback, Patriots win 34-28 in OT
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer HOUSTON (AP) - Tom Brady led one of the greatest comebacks in sports, let alone Super Bowl history, lifting New England from a 25-point ho...
Feb 05, 2017
