Category Archives: Politics
House Speaker: Governor “tone deaf” on car taxes
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, ...
Feb 24, 2017
Proposed budget includes $11M in fees for DMV system upgrade
File photo PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo’s proposed budget includes a provision that would require the state’s drivers to pay a total of $11 million in additional fees to fund...
Feb 22, 2017
Former Gov. Chafee faults Gov. Raimondo for attending UHIP summit
Gov. Lincoln Chafee and then Gov. – elect Gina Raimondo meet in the State House to discuss transition issues. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Gov. Lincoln Chafee ...
Feb 22, 2017
Rhode Island auditor to look at faulty UHIP benefits system
Governor Raimondo is joined by Anya Wallach and Eric Beane as she gives an update on the troubled UHIP situation. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s auditor g...
Feb 22, 2017
Raimondo on attending Deloitte sponsored event – ‘unbelievable coincidence’
Governor Gina Raimondo. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Governor Gina Raimondo's decision to attend a Deloitte-sponsored event in California last week drew critics, includ...
Feb 21, 2017
LISTEN: Former Governor Chafee: Running again?
Image taken from CSPAN by Tara Granahan – WPRO After months of silence in the wake of his brief presidential run, the former Mayor/Senator/Governor Lincoln Chafee spoke to WPRO’s Tara Gran...
Feb 21, 2017
Rhode Island human services chief Elizabeth Roberts resigns
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Elizabeth Roberts and Gov. Gina Raimondo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s top human services official has stepp...
Feb 14, 2017
Rhode Island GOP files complaint against Mattiello-led campaign fund
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Republican Party has filed a complaint over a political action committee led by Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello. State GOP Chairman Brandon Bell sa...
Feb 14, 2017
Rhode Island legislators seek to ban investments in Trump’s wall
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A group of Democratic state legislators wants to ban Rhode Island from investing in companies that work with the Trump administration to build a proposed wall along the U.S.-Me...
Feb 14, 2017
Rhode Island House set for debate on reforming its rules
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island legislators are proposing to make the state House of Representatives more democratic by taking some ...
Feb 14, 2017
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