Category Archives: Politics
Providence City Council postpones Fane Tower vote
By Tessa Roy, WPRO News After two members didn’t show, the Providence City Council moved to postpone its vote on whether to override Mayor Jorge Elorza’s veto of a zoning change for the pr...
Dec 11, 2018
RI leaders strategize to keep toymaker Hasbro from leaving the state
Top Rhode Island political leaders (from left) Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, Gov. Gina Raimondo and House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello emerge from a closed-door meeting at the State House to discu...
Dec 11, 2018
Trump says military to build border wall if Democrats refuse
By MATTHEW DALY, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to pressure Democratic congressional leaders into supporting his demand for billions of dollars to build h...
Dec 11, 2018
Special election set for newly-vacant Bristol/Warren House seat
Photo via Laufton Ascencao social media PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials have set the date for a special election to fill the seat of a newly-elected Rhode Island state representative who resigned ov...
Dec 11, 2018
Raimondo announces six judicial picks
Governor Raimondo with her judicial picks Richard Merola, Melissa Darigan, Christopher Knox Smith, Melissa DuBose, Susan Pepin Fay, and Keith Cardoza. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By WPRO News Gover...
Dec 10, 2018
Diverse group of PACs supported Rhode Island campaigns
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A wide range of political action committees supported Rhode Island campaigns this year. The Providence Journal reports that PACs run by unions, large corporations, advoca...
Dec 10, 2018
The Hummel Report: Blurred Lines
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has helped raise more than $1 million since 2011 for local charities through its popular Pell Bridge Run and two other events. But with it has come quest...
Dec 07, 2018
Trump says he’ll nominate Barr for attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday he will nominate William Barr, former President George H.W. Bush's attorney general, to serve in the same role. Trump made the announcement while d...
Dec 07, 2018
Bush final farewell takes on personal, distinctly Texas feel
A second memorial service was held in Houston for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. Photo via CNN. By NOMAAN MERCHANT, JUAN A. LOZANO and WILL WEISSERT, The Ass...
Dec 06, 2018
Reed announces federal grant for Newport Bridge ramps
By WPRO News Senator Jack Reed is announcing a federal grant that would allow the state to rebuild the on and off ramps of the Newport Bridge. The ramps coming off the Newport bridge were created for ...
Dec 06, 2018
