Category Archives: Politics
Republican Fung launches 2nd bid for governor in video
Cranston Mayor Allan Fung announces his bid for the Republican nomination for Rhode Island Governor. Photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Republican Allan Fung has launched his s...
Oct 24, 2017
Democrat Regunberg runs for Rhode Island lieutenant governor
Aaron Regunberg talks with reporters after announcing he will run for Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – State Rep. Aaron Regunberg has kicke...
Oct 24, 2017
Pawtucket City Council OKs resolution supporting PawSox stadium
photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island city council will support legislation that calls for the city and the state to commit $38 million toward a new stadium for a Boston R...
Oct 18, 2017
Rhode Island lawmaker shares ‘me too’ revelation of harassment, legislators respond
photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A state lawmaker is responding to actress Alyssa Milano's call to tweet "me too" to raise awareness of sexual harassment and assau...
Oct 17, 2017
PODCAST: Elections board member challenges Block complaint
WPRO News Former candidate for Governor Ken Block recently leveled a number of allegations against the state Board of Elections, saying it violated its own voter ID laws by not requiring voters who vo...
Oct 16, 2017
Sen. Whitehouse met with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) met with reporters in his office in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Senator Sheldon Whitehouse confirmed Tuesday i...
Oct 10, 2017
Training school review released after 8 hurt in disturbance
DCYF Director Trista Piccola who oversees the state Training School talks with reporters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Press An assessment of Rhode Island’s juve...
Oct 06, 2017
Exec. Editor of the ProJo tells Dan Yorke he “didn’t wake up expecting to get in a fight with the Governor of RI”
by Lexi Kriss, WPRO Executive Editor of The Providence Journal Alan Rosenberg joined the Dan Yorke Show Wednesday afternoon to respond to the negative comments Governor Gina Raimondo made regarding th...
Oct 04, 2017
PODCAST – Block: Rhode Island violates Federal Election Law
The State of Rhode Island is in violation of federal elections law, specifically the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), according to a report issued Thursday by two-time gubernatorial candid...
Sep 28, 2017
PODCAST: Speaker Mattiello on $25 million budget cut mandate
Speaker Nick Mattiello tells WPRO he and House Finance Committee Chairman Marvin Abney will meet with the Governor over the next two weeks to discuss the status of 25 million dollars in budget cuts ma...
Sep 28, 2017
