Category Archives: Politics

The Cardi's Brothers are joined by Senator Jack Reed and Governor Lincoln Chafee at the Cardi's Furniture store in Warwick. Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News. WPRO Newsroom U.S. Senator Jack...

Barbara Ann Fenton, the new face of the Rhode Island Young Republicans. Submitted photo. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News With just 10 Republican legislators elected to the General Assembly last fall, the 2...

WPRO Newsroom Amidst breaking news Friday in the Boston Marathon bombing case, the Rhode Island Senate announced that they would hold their Judiciary Committee vote on two key pieces of legislation co...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence Mayor Angel Taveras was involved in a 10-minute car chase that ended with a man being charged with driving under the inf...

WPRO Newsroom Elections may seem a long way off, but that doesn’t mean area politicians are neglecting their campaign finance accounts. According to new filings, Senator Jack Reed has amass...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A 2-year-old Rhode Island law allowing police to pull over motorists who aren't buckled up is set to expire at the end ...

WPRO Newsroom Governor Lincoln Chafee, House Speaker Gordon Fox, Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed and Attorney General Peter Kilmartin gathered at the State House Tuesday afternoon to announce a 9-b...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Republican state lawmaker is inviting firearms manufacturers to relocate to Rhode Island from other states he says are &qu...

By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News A new bill submitted by Rep. Charlene Lima (D-Cranston) would create a Rhode Island state bank. The bill would establish a Rhode Island state bank to “protect the fina...

The University of Rhode Island. Photo from URI Facebook page.  WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Two state lawmakers are reviving efforts to arm police a...