Category Archives: Politics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s Democratic House speaker is outspending his Republican challenger 6-to-1 in a heated race for a General Assembly seat. Campaign finance forms filed by Hous...

  Rhode Island Veterans Affairs Director Kasim Yarn (center) leads a rally at the Veteran’s Home in Bristol in support of a ballot initiative for a $27 million bond to complete construction...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State elections officials are urging absentee voters to send in their mail ballots soon. The Board of Elections strongly recommends that ballots be mailed by Friday to ensure d...

Dan Doyle at the opening of his embezzlement trial in Wakefield, RI, Sept 21, 2016. File pool photo by David DelPoio / The Providence Journal By WPRO News The embezzlement and forgery trial of Dan Doy...

Officials announce a new, $40 million commuter rail station will be built to serve Pawtucket and Central Falls. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News A new, $40 million commuter ...

Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello   by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO News Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello, a Democrat from Cranston, responded Monday to comments made by forme...

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI has obtained a warrant to begin reviewing newly discovered emails that may be relevant to the Hillary Clinton email ser...

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many co...

This photo provided by FANG Collective depicts protestors identified by the group as Steve Davis and Laura Borth, both of Massachusetts, chained to a concrete and rebar pylon in the vestibule of TD Ba...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during the third presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/...