Category Archives: Politics

Former Rep. Joe Trillo (I), Governor Gina Raimondo (D), and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung (R) at the 2018 WPRI Gubernatorial Debate. Photo by Matt Allen. By Tessa Roy, WPRO News A new poll from the Provid...

FILE – In this Sept. 4, 2018 photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, listens to Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. speak during a Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Wa...

Photo via CNN By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Friday she will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nominati...

photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island task force formed to study the state's gun laws has released a series of recommendations, including a ban on high-c...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence leaders are concerned about a legislator’s plan to limit the city’s power over a project to build what would be the tallest building in the state. ...

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about an investigation, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) By ALAN...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – About 40 percent of students who received free college tuition in the first year of a new program in Rhode Island have earned the scholarship for a second year. Democratic G...

Sen. Jeff Flake, minutes after he announced he will support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, was confronted at the US Capitol Friday morning by two women who say they are sexual assault survivor...

By STEVE PEOPLES, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Whether or not Republicans ultimately confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, some on the front lines of the GOP's midterm battle...

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about an investigation, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) By LISA...