Category Archives: Local News
Former State Rep. settles ethics complaint
Former State Rep Donald Lally. Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Former State Representative Donald Lally Tuesday settled a complaint that he violated the state's 're...
Jan 10, 2017
Backpage execs refuse to testify at sex-trafficking hearing
Former Backpage.com owners, James Larkin, left, and Michael Lacey appear on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent s...
Jan 10, 2017
Emoji? Bunny? The next generation Monopoly token? You decide
Mr. Monopoly in the Hasbro showroom on Monday, Feb 16, 2015, to celebrate the Monopoly brands 80th anniversary during the North American International Toy Fair in New York.(Photo by Matt Peyton/Invisi...
Jan 10, 2017
New England Tech Online Degree Programs ranked top ten in nation
photo via New England Tech New England Institute of Technology was ranked eighth nationally for the quality and value of its online bachelor's degree programs, according to a report by U.S. News &...
Jan 10, 2017
Pair of East Side Providence fire stations to be decommissioned
Providence Fire trucks. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Battalion Chief Kenneth Rainone, the department’s acting deputy assistant chief, says firefighting operations are ending at the Humboldt ...
Jan 09, 2017
Mattiello introduces legislation to eliminate “double tax” on leased vehicles
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A bill being introduced in the Rhode Island General Assembly with the support of Democratic House Speaker Nichola...
Jan 08, 2017
Warwick’s Rep Solomon tries again to establish a sales tax holiday
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island lawmaker is trying again to establish a sales tax holiday in August to keep shoppers from flooding into neighboring Massachusetts for a similar incentive. Rep. J...
Jan 08, 2017
Security tightened at Logan after Florida airport attack
photo via Wikimedia Commons BOSTON (AP) - Authorities say they’ve got “enhanced” security measures in place at Boston’s Logan International Airport in the wake of the deadly ai...
Jan 06, 2017
Rhode Island attorney general pushes DUI bills for 7th time
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - For the seventh year in a row, Rhode Island’s attorney general will press for passage of bills to comba...
Jan 06, 2017
Providence, firefighters’ union OK contract restoring work hours
Providence Fire trucks. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Providence City Council and the firefighters’ union have approved a five-year contract, resolving a di...
Jan 06, 2017
