Category Archives: Politics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is buying 590 new electronic voting machines that will be used for the fall elections. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea on Thursday unveiled the new equipment, whi...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island elections officials are weighing a proposal that would allow voters with cellphone cameras to prove they voted by taking a selfie photo. The Board of ElectionsR...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An attorney representing Rhode Island in a lawsuit brought over its failed $75 million deal with ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company 38 Studios will ad...

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence joins Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Westfield, Ind., Tuesday, July 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) JULIE PACE, Associated Press JILL COLVIN, ...

photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced Wednesday that the Statewide Grand Jury has issued an indictment charging Providence Councilman Kevin Jackson with two coun...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens as Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a rally in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, July 12, 2016, where Sanders endorsed Clinton. (AP Photo/Andr...

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...

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...

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...

FBI Director James Comey testifies under oath before the House Oversight Committee to explain his agency’s recommendation to not prosecute Hillary Clinton, now the Democratic presidential candid...