Category Archives: Local News
Governor Raimondo hosts free college tuition rally at Cranston East
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News By Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Governor Gina Raimondo holds a rally at Cranston High School East in support of her proposal to give two years of free tuition to Rhode Is...
Jan 18, 2017
Providence Superintendent asks students to eschew inauguration protest
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence’s school superintendent says the district doesn’t support a planned student walkout at city high schools Friday in protest of Republican President-elect ...
Jan 18, 2017
17 Rhode Island lawmakers oppose high-speed rail bypass
In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 photo, an Amtrak Acela train travels through Old Lyme, Conn. A plan to speed up Amtrak’s high-speed rail corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C., is welcomed by b...
Jan 18, 2017
Trial delayed in suit over Schilling’s failed 38 Studios
FILE – (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials say the trial in Rhode Island’s lawsuit over the failure of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s fail...
Jan 18, 2017
Amazon to start collecting 7 percent sales tax in Rhode Island
FILE – (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Amazon says it will voluntarily collect sales tax in Rhode Island starting next month. A spokesman for the internet e-commerce giant te...
Jan 18, 2017
READ: GOP response to State of the State Address
Rep. Patricia Morgan delivers the GOP response to Governor Raimondo’s State of the State Address. Photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Read Representative Patricia Morgan’s prepared re...
Jan 17, 2017
Raimondo pushes car tax cut, minimum wage hike, free college in State of State Address
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News by Matt O’Brien, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo said Tuesday she wants to reinvent Rhode Island’s manufacturing industry, pro...
Jan 17, 2017
READ: Governor Raimondo’s 2017 State of the State Address
Photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Read Governor Raimondo’s prepared State of the State remarks below.
Jan 17, 2017
Governor Raimondo proposes 90-cent hike in Rhode Island minimum wage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is proposing a 90-cent hike in the state’s minimum wage. Raimondo announced the proposal to raise the wage from $9.60 to $10.50 an hour du...
Jan 17, 2017
Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo to propose free-tuition plan
Governor Raimondo talks with reporters. Photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is unveiling a plan to provide two years of free tuition to the state&#...
Jan 15, 2017
