Category Archives: Politics

JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press JULIE PACE, Associated Press   NEW YORK (AP) - A combative President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday “there is blame on both sides” for the deadly viol...

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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A former Rhode Island House Speaker will soon be transferred to a halfway house in Pawtucket after more than two years behind bars. Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien said Monday th...

Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The organizer of a candlelight vigil in Rhode Island’s capital city is urging self-reflection following the deadly violence at a white supremacist...

by Lexi Kriss House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (D- Rhode Island) joined the Dan Yorke Show Thursday afternoon as the Senate concluded their vote to pass the $9.2 million state budget. Speaker Mattiell...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal judge has temporarily barred the city of Cranston from enforcing an ordinance that bars panhandling at busy intersections. U.S. District Judge William Smith on Thursd...

Providence Journal Executive Editor Alan Rosenberg. Photo by Lexi Kriss by Lexi Kriss Providence Journal Executive Editor Alan Rosenberg joined WPRO’s Dan Yorke in studio during the 4pm hour on ...

In a wide-ranging interview with WPRO’s Tara Granahan, former governor Lincoln Chafee blasts the current administration on multiple fronts, including the recent outbreaks of violence at the stat...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rep. David Cicilline and Sen. Jack Reed are among the Rhode Island politicians criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to bar transgender people from serving in the...

JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Sen. Susan Collins got caught Tuesday at the end of a hearing with a microphone that was still hot and captured her ripping Presid...