Category Archives: Politics

Former Rep. John Carnevale (right) appeared before the Providence Board of Canvassers in 2016. File photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News   By the Associated Press and Tessa Roy, WPRO News The lawyer ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A former worker at the Rhode Island State House has filed a lawsuit alleging state senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate Patricia Morgan discriminated against he...

By WPRO News The American and Rhode Island Trucking Associations is suing the state Department of Transportation over truck tolls. The Associations and three other companies asked a federal court on T...

By WPRO News Rhode Island’s Democratic leaders in Washington, as well as some here at home, reacted unfavorably to President Donald Trump choosing federal appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill t...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)   BRUSSELS (AP) - President Donald Trump depa...

Wikimedia Commons   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Electronic cigarettes and vaping are now banned at Rhode Island workplaces. A new law, recently signed by Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo, took eff...

WPRO file photo   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed bills that bar minors from using tanning facilities, eradicate substandard airbags, and protect animals. The Democrat...

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)   By MICHAEL BIESECKER, ZEKE MILLER, and ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thur...

  (State Representative Moira Walsh. AP Photo/Steven Senne)   By Tessa Roy, WPRO News and the Associated Press The state Democratic Party has pulled its controversial endorsements of state H...

By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee endorsed the Democratic challenger in the governor's race over incumbent Democrat Gina Raimondo on...