Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island man sues state health exchange over abortion
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A legal organization representing an anonymous Rhode Island man, has sued HealthSource RI, claiming his constitutional right to freedom...
Jan 16, 2015
Right Now RI: Boston highway blocked, Jury pool shrinks, RI Brewery expands
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Boston area highway blocked by protesters - Associated Press "Activists protesting what they call "police and state violence against black people" chained themselves to b...
Jan 15, 2015
Flu vaccine only 23-percent effective this season
By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News Some of the best flu vaccines in the past decade have only been 50 to 60 percent effective, but this year's didn't even break the 30 percent mark. Centers for Disease Contro...
Jan 15, 2015
Submarine builder Electric Boat outlines its hiring needs
Electric Boat President Jeffrey Geiger talks with Rhode Island leaders about the submarine maker’s employment needs. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Electric Boat President Jeffrey Geiger talks...
Jan 15, 2015
Bishop McVinney Auditorium reopens after 15 years
Bishop Tobin Blesses McVinney Auditorium. Photo by Andrew Augusuts WPRO WPRO News The faithful can return once again to the Bishop McVinney Auditorium after restorations were completed, reopening the ...
Jan 15, 2015
RI nurses protest outside Women and Infants
Nurses march outside Women and Infants. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO WPRO News Around fifty nurses gathered outside Woman and Infants hospital in Providence to protest management not hiring enough lo...
Jan 15, 2015
Providence Police seize 4 firearms overnight, 10 on the year
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Providence Police seized four firearms overnight in two separate arrests, bringing the total of confiscated firearms to ten on the year. Early Thursday morning, Police re...
Jan 15, 2015
Pawtucket still in the dark on fate of PawSox
WPRO News Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien says he and his administration are still in the dark on whether or not the PawSox will be packing their bags and head elsewhere. "There is definitely something...
Jan 14, 2015
Deepwater Wind poised to be first completed offshore energy project in the US
Deepwater Wind CEO Jeff Grybowski (left) and attorney Joe Keough. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News WPRO News After two years of construction, the Deepwater Wind energy project is set to become the f...
Jan 14, 2015
Low-income Rhode Islanders share an unfair portion of the tax burden
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Rhode Island now ranks as one of the top states for placing a large tax burden on the poor, according to the Economic Progress Institute. In a joint study, the Institute ...
Jan 14, 2015
