Category Archives: Politics

U.S. District Court nominee Mary McElroy. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The nomination of Rhode Island Public Defender Mary McElroy to be a judge for the U.S. Dis...

photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's House of Representatives has passed a nearly $10 billion state budget. The Democratic-controlled House appro...

Jim Taricani By MICHELLE R. SMITH, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Jim Taricani, an award-winning TV reporter who exposed corruption and served a federal sentence for refusing to disclose...

Governor Gina Raimondo signed the ‘Reproductive Privacy Act’ into law Wednesday night after the bill passed the House and Senate. Listen to “Governor signs 'Reproductive Privacy ...

Protestors on both sides of the abortion issue line the entryway at the Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Rhode Island House of Representatives passed the “Reproduct...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island’s Senate has passed a bill to preserve federal abortion protections in state law, sending it to the House where it’s also expected to pass. The b...

photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons Listen to “Ted Nesi WPRI – Dr. Pedro Controversy” on Spreaker. CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s lead...

Protestors on both sides of the abortion issue line the entryway at the Rhode Island State House on June 13, 2019. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island’s S...

Listen to “Warwick schools cut athletics programs, Mayor insists they will be funded” on Spreaker. by the Associated Press and WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island school di...

Listen to “Ask the Speaker with Nicholas Mattiello” on Spreaker. Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello joined WPRO’s Gene Valicenti for the June edition of “Ask ...