Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island ranked last for business – again
Rhode Island has once again dropped to last place in CNBC’s “America’s Top States for Business” rankings, dropping two places from last year’s survey. According to the re...
Jul 13, 2016
Tourism officials say new campaign will go live this month
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island tourism officials say a new campaign to draw visitors to the Ocean State is poised to go live later this month. The Providence Journal reports the Commerce Corpora...
Jul 13, 2016
Save the Bay: Providence port expansion could lead to bay filling
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Providence environmental group is opposing a $20 million state-financed proposal to expand the city’s deep water port. Save The Bay says the Port of Providence expansio...
Jul 12, 2016
Faced with likely Trump coronation, some GOP delegates quit
Former State Senator Dawson Hodgson PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Running out of options to voice displeasure with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, some delegates who oppose him hav...
Jul 12, 2016
22 Bowens ranked best steakhouse in RI
photo via 22 Bowen.com 22 Bowens Wine Bar and Grille in Newport is the best steakhouse in Rhode Island, according to a Business Insider study. The financial website partnered up with Foursquare to cre...
Jul 12, 2016
Work underway on T.F. Green Airport runway extension
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Officials have broken ground on a $90 million project to extend the runway at the T.F. Green Airport in Warwick. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation celebrated the start of the p...
Jul 12, 2016
McKee named chairman of National Lt. Governors Association
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee has been named chairman of the National Lt. Governors Association. The Democrat was nominated Friday at the group’s annual meeting in G...
Jul 12, 2016
Law: Kids’ deaths, injuries in state care must be disclosed
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The state’s child welfare agency must now disclose deaths and injuries of children in state care within 48 hours and schools must now contact the agency if they think a c...
Jul 08, 2016
Boston halts 1-officer patrols in aftermath of Dallas deaths
BOSTON (AP) - Boston police are halting the use of one-officer patrols in the aftermath of the violence in Dallas. Police say in a statement that two officers will ride together in every patrol car in...
Jul 08, 2016
Video shows police officer punching woman in Providence
Screenshot via NBC 10 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A cellphone video has surfaced showing a male police officer punching and dragging a woman, and the mayor has launched an investigation into it.
Jul 08, 2016
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