Category Archives: Politics

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press A spokeswoman for Gov. Lincoln Chafee said he will decide Wednesday whether to release a report on waste and fraud in the state's Medicaid and food stamps s...

WPRO Newsroom The husband of State Rep. Deborah Fellela, Henry Fellela, was arrested Thursday for stealing a Shell gas credit card from a mailbox according to the Rhode Island State Police. He was cha...

By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News With a new Senate bill on the table and the House Oversight Committee looking to make changes to election procedures in Rhode Island, it may be possible that the state’...

By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News It’s been less than a week since General Treasurer Gina Raimondo announced that she’s hired Andrew Roos as her chief of staff, but Riamondo has been under fire s...

Ronald McDonald. Photo from jjie.org By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News If Ronald McDonald and the Burger King went head-to-head in a race for President of the United States, Ronald McDonald would be the next...

Screen shot of Gov. Lincoln Chafee and Suze Orman on MSNBC. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News Governor Lincoln Chafee appeared alongside CNBC host Suze Orman on "MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts"...

BOSTON (AP) – Former Republican Sen. Scott Brown won't be running in a Massachusetts special election to fill Democrat John Kerry's seat. A person familiar with the decision who spoke ...

By Dee DeQuattro, WPRO Dee DeQuattro covers news and politics for 630wpro.com for more political commentary see her "Digging Deeper" blog. Follow her on twitter @DeeDeQuattro Governor Lincol...

  By Dee DeQuattro, WPRO News Despite speculation, former Republican Gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille will not run for Governor again in 2014. “I’m a red state guy running for ...

  The Associated Press   Ridgefield police say schools in that Connecticut town have been locked down after an unspecified "suspicious incident."   A police dispatcher said Mo...