Category Archives: Politics
Rhode Island attorney general pushes DUI bills for 7th time
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - For the seventh year in a row, Rhode Island’s attorney general will press for passage of bills to comba...
Jan 06, 2017
VIDEO: VP Biden to President-elect Trump: ‘Grow up’
Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden told President-elect Donald Trump Thursday to “grow up.” Biden dismissed a Trump complaint on Tw...
Jan 06, 2017
Hummel Report: New Kids on The Block
This week 16 new members of the Rhode Island General Assembly were sworn in along with returning lawmakers – four in the Senate and 12 in the House, arriving from all walks of life and varying p...
Jan 05, 2017
PODCAST- Rep Nardolillo: Reinstate E-Verify
WPRO News Representative Robert A. Nardolillo (R-Coventry) announced Wednesday that he will propose legislation during the 2017 House legislative session to reverse former Governor Lincoln Chafee's 20...
Jan 04, 2017
Marijuana advocates to hand out joints at Trump inauguration
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of marijuana legalization advocates plan to hand out thousands of joints during President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Pro-marijuan...
Jan 04, 2017
State House Speaker Mattiello, Senate president re-elected
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News The Associated Press and Anita Baffoni, WPRO News While the rain pounded on the pavement on Smith Hill, new lawmakers were sworn in at the State House then joined the...
Jan 03, 2017
Raimondo loses top adviser, hires another
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is losing one of her closest advisers and hiring a new top aide from the Obama administration. The Democratic governor’s office said Frida...
Dec 30, 2016
Several Republicans consider running against Governor Raimondo
Governor Raimondo talks with reporters. Photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Several Rhode Island Republicans are openly weighing a run to unseat Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo in 2...
Dec 29, 2016
LISTEN: Speaker Mattiello on estate tax, elimination of car tax
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Anita Baffoni WPRO News Doubling down on his campaign promise to eliminate the excise car tax, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello says the state will reimburse c...
Dec 28, 2016
LISTEN: Trillo talks legalized recreational marijuana
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) State Rep Joe Trillo, filling in for Matt Allen on Tuesday, hosted a lively discussion about legalized recreational marijuana and what it might mean for Rhode Isl...
Dec 27, 2016
