Category Archives: Politics

WPRO Newsroom Rhode Island is officially part of a group of states that wants to elect the President according to the national popular vote. Governor Lincoln Chafee signed into law a bill that adds Rh...

Bryant Unviersity. Wikimedia Commons photo. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News The President of Bryant University has called a move by the General Assembly to change the institution’s tax-exempt status ...

General Treasurer Gina Raimondo with Governor Lincoln Chafee. WPRO File Photo.  WPRO Newsroom and The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Federal financial regulators have ended their ...

The Rhode Island House of Representatives. WPRO file photo. WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Quasi-public agencies in Rhode Island like the Turnpike and Bridge Auth...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – When Rhode Island lawmakers adjourned for the year, they left without voting on high-profile proposals to ban semi-automatic assaul...

Governor Lincoln Chafee. WPRO File Photo. WPRO Newsroom Governor Lincoln Chafee waited until the last minute to quietly sign the fiscal year 2014 budget Wednesday. After an unexpected trailer bill was...

By Kim Kaunian, WPRO News You won’t need to take dimes on your commute across the Sakonnet River Bridge. Although the General Assembly passed a trailer bill to the budget Tuesday night that...

Bryant Unviersity. Wikimedia Commons photo. WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) – Bryant University says a bill passed by the General Assembly allowing the town of Smith...

The Sakonnet River Bridge. Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News In a last minute move, the Sakonnet River Bridge tolls made a comeback. The House of Representatives and Senate...

By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News Governor Lincoln Chafee has until Wednesday to veto the fiscal year 2014 budget approved by the General Assembly last week. Even if the Governor doesn’t sign...