Category Archives: Politics
Mattiello: Gallison resigned amid federal probe, is “outraged”
Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News (AP)- Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has told the House that Finance Committee Chairman Raymond Gallison has resigned amid a federal investigation into...
May 03, 2016
Gallison, Chairman of House finance committee, resigns
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The chairman of the powerful House finance committee has resigned, but his lawyer won’t say why. Anthony Traini, a lawyer for Democratic Rep. Raymond Gallison, said Tuesd...
May 03, 2016
Clinton backers ‘feel the Bern’ of angry Sanders supporters
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t, right, and Hillary Clinton react as they speak during the CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Thursday, ...
Apr 28, 2016
Kasich, Cruz to get RI delegates despite Trump landslide
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island gave GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump his biggest majority of any state primary this year, but it’s awarding a consolation prize that’s a signif...
Apr 28, 2016
Providence budget proposal calls for $20M spending increase
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has proposed a nearly $717 million city budget that includes reductions in residen...
Apr 28, 2016
Clinton embraces Trump’s mention of ‘woman’s card’
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles at her presidential primary election night rally, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) BILL BARROW, Associated Pres...
Apr 27, 2016
Ted Cruz picks Carly Fiorina as presidential running mate
In this photo taken March 11, 2016, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks to Carly Fiorina in Orlando, Fla., Friday, March 11, 2016. According to an AP Source: Cruz has pick...
Apr 27, 2016
Polls are open for Rhode Island’s presidential primary
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The votes of hundreds of thousands of unaffiliated Rhode Island voters are up for grabs in the state’s presidential primary. Of the five states holding a primary Tuesday,...
Apr 26, 2016
Election Guide: 5 candidates vie for validation in 5 states
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t, right, and Hillary Clinton react as they speak during the CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Thursday, ...
Apr 26, 2016
Trump hits GOP rivals hard at Rhode Island rally
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses an audience during a campaign rally, Monday, April 25, 2016, in Warwick, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Republican president...
Apr 25, 2016
