Category Archives: Politics

Legislative leaders unveil an overhaul of a controversial grants program. From left, House Finance Chair Marvin Abney, Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, House Major...

Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The Pawtucket Red Sox, the city and the state are seeking to study what it would take to upgrade McCoy Stadium. The Providence Journal reports...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo is making an official state government trip to New York. The Democrat is scheduled to hold economic development meetings Friday before returning to Rhode Isl...

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, ...

As Rhode Island navigates its way toward the implementation of a tolling plan for trucks using the state's highways, D.O.T. officials here could borrow a page from their neighbors to the north: The Ne...

Rep Anastasia Williams delivered a scathing response to WPRI Channel 12’s coverage of her ethics violation and financial statements on the floor of the house on Tuesday afternoon. See WPRI’...

  House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello presides over the truck toll debate on February 10.   Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello delivered a stinging response Tuesday afternoon to SundayR...

Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Ethics Commission is considering an election-season blackout on ethics complaints. The commission voted unanimously Tuesday to begin th...

Donald Lally (right) and his attorney Patrick Dougherty leave the offices of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Rhode Island State Ethi...

In this Tuesday, May 17, 2016 photo Kristen Catanzaro, of North Providence, R.I., displays wine biscuits in the packing room of her baking facility, in Pawtucket, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)   P...