Category Archives: Local News
Top Rhode Island figures endorse undocumented immigrant driver’s licenses
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - With backing from Rhode Island’s governor, state police superintendent and Roman Catholic bishop, a...
Mar 17, 2016
Memorial set for 8-year-old Dorian Murray
WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - A candlelight memorial has been scheduled for an 8-year-old Rhode Island boy whose dying wish to become famous in China reverberated around the world. Dorian Murray died last wee...
Mar 15, 2016
State officials look into grants paid to Stokes’ lobbying firm
(AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State officials have raised questions about the use of state grants awarded to the Newport County Chamber of Commerce and paid to a lobbying firm. The ...
Mar 15, 2016
Public meetings being held on possible hospital closures
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Department of Health wants to get the public’s opinion this week on Care New England’s plan to scale back services at Memorial Hospital. The hospita...
Mar 15, 2016
Federal judge assigned to 38 Studios case steps aside
FILE – In this Wednesday, May 16, 2012, file photo, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, center, is followed by members of the media as he departs the Rhode Island Economic Development ...
Mar 15, 2016
Gas prices in Rhode Island go up another 8 cents per gallon
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices this week have increased across the nation, including in Rhode Island. AAA Northeast says its weekly survey released Monday found the average price of a gallon of se...
Mar 14, 2016
Officials announce plan to improve bus service in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials have announced a new transit corridor meant to improve rush hour bus service in parts of Providence. The 1.4-mile “enhanced transit corridor” will connect...
Mar 14, 2016
Rhode Island could ban welfare payments for liquor, lottery
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Legislation long proposed by Rhode Island Republicans to ban the use of public cash assistance on alcohol, lottery tickets and casino gambling is now moving forward under a Dem...
Mar 12, 2016
OPINION: Rep Ajello & Sen Nesselbush – Cell phone location data merits protection
by Rep. Edith H. Ajello and Sen. Donna M. Nesselbush Our privacy is compromised by something we likely have with us right now. Our cell phones broadcast our location without pause, and without protect...
Mar 11, 2016
State officials still support payment of 38 Studios bonds
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, left, laughs with R.I. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, right, moments before Raimondo signed the state budget into law during ceremonies at the Statehouse, Tuesday, ...
Mar 11, 2016
