Category Archives: Politics

By ALEX VEIGA, The Associated Press Stocks marched broadly higher on Wall Street in early trading Monday after President Donald Trump claimed China was willing to reopen talks on the costly trade war ...

Governor Gina Raimondo (D-RI) File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Press The state ethics commission has decided to open a formal investigation into Democratic Gov. Gina ...

Sister and brother Ruby and Sam Goldstein of Providence, who are 15 and 17 years old, tell a rally at the State House Tuesday about their experience during a rally turned violent August 18 at the Wyat...

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline and Joan Matley Sheehan of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants urge adoption of minimum standards for airplane seats...

By David Goldman, CNN Business (CNN) — The Dow fell more than 700 points Wednesday after the bond market, for the first time in over a decade, flashed a warning signal that has an eerily accurat...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island developer’s plan to build a $100 million mixed-use project at the site of the now-closed Newport Grand slots parlor is facing an uphill battle with the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island bill lauded by Gov. Gina Raimondo and Lt. Gov. McKee as holding National Grid accountable for its response to emergency outages has failed a second time to...

Screencapture of Sen Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at the CNN Debate on July 31, 2019. Via CNN By STEVE PEOPLES and SARA BURNETT, The Associated Press DETROIT (A...

Convicted former Providence City Council President Luis Aponte. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News   By WPRO News Long-serving Providence City Councilman Luis Aponte, who rose to the council p...

Luis Aponte appeared before the Rhode Island Ethics Commission in 2018. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Long-serving Providence City Councilman Luis Aponte must resign...