Category Archives: Politics
Rhode Island considers banning cellphone use while driving
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island lawmakers are again considering a proposal that would outlaw the use of cellphones while driving. The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whe...
Jun 20, 2017
WATCH: Sen Archambault yells at constituent for questioning laugher
Senator Stephen Archambault (D-Smithfield) had an angry exchange with Terry Gorman of RIILE, who was testifying in committee after Gorman questioned Archambault and other Senators for laughing during ...
Jun 19, 2017
Rhode Island legislature enters final stretch
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island state legislators have left their most important decisions of the year for the last two weeks of June. The state House of Representatives i...
Jun 19, 2017
Disgraced former Rep Gallison gets more than 4 years in prison for fraud
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former high-ranking Rhode Island lawmaker has been ordered to spend more than four years in prison for stealing private money and misusing public funds. Ray Gallison, a Democ...
Jun 17, 2017
PODCAST: Tara Granahan talks budget and more with Speaker Mattiello
Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello (D-Cranston) joined Tara Granahan the morning after the 2018 budget passed out of the Finance Committee. Mattiello discussed the car tax, the Gover...
Jun 16, 2017
Lawyer for ex-lawmaker Gallison recommends 3-year sentence for fraud
Former State Rep Ray Gallison (D- Bristol) photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A lawyer for a former high-ranking Rhode Island lawmaker has asked a judge to put him in prison for ...
Jun 14, 2017
Raimondo cancels events as budget negotiations continue
Governor Gina Raimondo. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo is canceling public events as negotiations continue on Rhode Island’sbudget. A revised budget plan is...
Jun 14, 2017
Lawmaker with browser referencing porn: ‘I am not a pervert’
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A state lawmaker who shared with colleagues a screengrab showing web browser tabs that referenced pornographic content took to the House floor to insist: “I am not...
Jun 14, 2017
Rhode Island leaders reach budget compromise
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Lindsey Lerner. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island state leaders have resolved disagreements over the budget. A revised budget plan is scheduled to be unveiled...
Jun 14, 2017
Rhode Island proposal to take abusers’ guns could face vote
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A proposal to take guns away from domestic abusers and people under domestic restraining orders could be heading ...
Jun 13, 2017
