Category Archives: Politics
Budget impasse: Senate president meets with leadership team
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Senate President Dominick Ruggerio says he has met with his leadership team as they decide how to proceed amid a standoff with the House of Representatives over the state’...
Jul 25, 2017
Mayor: North Providence acting police chief suspended
Mayor Charles Lombardi, North Providence NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The mayor of a Rhode Island city says its acting police chief has been suspended with pay. North Providence Mayor Charles Lombard...
Jul 24, 2017
State police investigating tuition waivers of top state aide Montanaro
Screenshot via WPRI-TV PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island State Police are investigating how a top aide to a state lawmaker received nearly $50,000 in free tuition. Former Democratic state Rep. Fran...
Jul 17, 2017
Flynn seeks sanctuary from Russia scandal in Middletown surf
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) - Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, at the center of multiple pro...
Jul 17, 2017
BREAKING: Speaker Mattiello vows first move in budget breakdown
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, left, laughs with R.I. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, right, moments before Raimondo signed the state budget into law during ceremonies at the Statehouse, Tuesday, ...
Jul 14, 2017
PODCAST: What’s going on in East Greenwich?
Photo via Flickr/cmh2315fl WPRO’s Gene Valicenti talks with Sue Cienki, East Greenwich Town Council President and Patrolman Christopher Rafferty, East Greenwich Police Department – Union V...
Jul 12, 2017
Governors from US states gather in Rhode Island amid multiple challenges
photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The nation’s governors gather this week amid great un...
Jul 12, 2017
Audit: Rep. Williams fails to report $18,000 for campaign
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An audit by the Rhode Island Board of Elections has found a longtime lawmaker failed to report more than $18,000 in contributions and $20,000 she withdrew from her account to r...
Jul 06, 2017
Speaker Mattiello: ‘See you in January’
WPRO News and the Associated Press Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello told WPRO’s Gene Valicenti Thursday morning that he has no intentions of returning the General Assembly to session. ...
Jul 06, 2017
RI governor to lawmakers: ‘Do your job’ and pass budget
Gov. Gina Raimondo talks with reporters five days into a budget impasse after lawmakers failed to pass a balanced budget. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Gov. Gina Raimo...
Jul 05, 2017
