Category Archives: Politics
Special counsel named to probe Trump-Russia ties
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Besieged from all sides, the Trump administration appointed former FBI Director Robert Muel...
May 17, 2017
Reports: Pvt. Chelsea Manning released from military prison
JIM SUHR, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, was released from a Kansas military p...
May 17, 2017
Embattled White House lurches from crisis to crisis
May 17, 2017
PawSox owners seek $38 million taxpayer help for new stadium
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox are asking taxpayers for $38 million to help finance a new $83 million ballpark project near downtown Pawtucket. PawSox Chairman Larry Lucchino a...
May 16, 2017
Raimondo says PawSox stadium plan headed in right direction
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo says the owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox are heading in the right direction as they work on a plan to build a new stadium. The Democratic governor told repor...
May 16, 2017
Raimondo says she’s willing to scale back free tuition plan
Governor Gina Raimondo. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo says she might have to scale back her plan to provide two years of free tuition at public colleges. The Dem...
May 16, 2017
PODCAST: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse talks FBI director firing with Gene Valicenti
WPRO’s Gene Valicenti talks with RI Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey. LISTEN BELOW:
May 11, 2017
Aetna becomes latest insurer to flee Affordable Care Act exchanges
TOM MURPHY, AP Health Writer While Republicans rewrite the Affordable Care Act in Washington, the immediate future of the law has grown hazier with the nation’s third-largest health insurer sayi...
May 11, 2017
UPDATE: Providence City Council President Luis Aponte charged with felony embezzlement
Providence City Council President Luis Aponte – freed on bail after pleading not guilty to 4-count indictment on campaign embezzlement. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - T...
May 10, 2017
Rhode Island revenue numbers could shape leaders’ priorities
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island fiscal analysts are meeting to reach a consensus on the estimated revenues used to write the state’s budget. The Revenue Estimating C...
May 10, 2017
