Category Archives: Local News
Increased impaired boating patrols scheduled for this weekend
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced Tuesday that it will join partners across the country this weekend for the annual Operation Dry Water campaign - a ...
Jun 21, 2016
Rhode Island governor vetoes ‘revenge porn’ bill, Attorney General “dismayed”
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has vetoed a so-called “revenge porn” bill that she says could have a chilling effect on free speech. The Democrat vetoed the bill T...
Jun 21, 2016
WARNING: WPRO listener tells Tara Granahan she was scammed of $1,000
photo by Katherine Johnson/Flickr by Tara Granahan A caller to the Tara Granahan Show on Monday evening says she received a phone call on her home land-line with a voice saying he was her “grand...
Jun 20, 2016
Rhode Island lawmakers vow not to repeat all-nighter session
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island lawmakers are vowing not to repeat the all-nighter legislative session that kept them in the State House until after dawn on Saturday. Democratic House Speaker Nic...
Jun 20, 2016
Lawmakers OK letting breweries sell more beer to visitors
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island legislature has passed a law to allow breweries to sell more beer to visitors on site for consumption off premises. The legislation would allow breweries and d...
Jun 20, 2016
General Assembly passes bills allowing municipalities to license massage parlors
photo via Flickr Creative Commons STATE HOUSE - The General Assembly has passed legislation (2016-H 7007 Sub A/ 2016-S 2699 ) that enables and explicitly authorizes municipalities to regulate unlicens...
Jun 20, 2016
General Assembly passes bill to regulate Uber, Lyft
STATE HOUSE - The General Assembly has passed legislation introduced by House Majority Whip John G. Edwards (D-Dist. 70, Tiverton, Portsmouth) and Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin (D-Dist. 1, Pr...
Jun 20, 2016
Hasbro creates custom Chewbacca Mom action figure
photo via Hasbro PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Chewbacca Mom has a new toy to play with after Hasbro unveiled a custom action figure bearing her likeness. Candace Payne’s wildly popular video of her hysteri...
Jun 20, 2016
A decade after boom, Rhode Island housing market struggles
photo by Mark Moz via Flickr PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A decade after the housing boom, Rhode Island’s housing market still is struggling to recover. While the number of home sales has bounced bac...
Jun 20, 2016
Nurse gets 18 months for assault on disabled boy in Cranston
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A nurse practitioner who was hired to babysit a developmentally disabled boy has pleaded guilty to assaulting the 9-year-old while his parents went on a rare night out. Attorne...
Jun 15, 2016
