Voter ID, father-daughter dances among issues up for hearings Wednesday at...
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Father-daughter dances, Rhode Island's voter identification law, and in-state tuition for non-citizen immigrants are among the issues up for discussion Wednesday in a...
View ArticleEast Providence officer feared the worst as he tried talking boy, 16, off bridge
By Maria ArmentalEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The call came in about 6 p.m. Someone was on the Potter Street overpass, past the suicide fence, apparently about to jump onto Route 195. Officer Ryan Vose,...
View ArticleR.I. housing advocacy group wins $150,000 foreclosure-prevention grant
By Christine DunnPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin Wednesday announced a $150,000 grant to the Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island for foreclosure prevention work. The...
View ArticleR.I. legislature begins live streaming floor sessions, hearings
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island General Assembly has made another leap into the 21st Century, with live-streaming of both committee hearings and Senate sessions which have not,...
View ArticleBusiness group objects to bill that would prohibit businesses from asking...
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bill to ban employers from asking job applicants if they have a criminal record until they have been offered a job - or reached the list of finalists - would set...
View ArticleBrown University offers statement on missing former student
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University has issued a statement about a missing former student whose relatives have come to Providence in an effort to find him. "Early on Sunday afternoon,...
View ArticleHouse lawmakers to hear plan to restructure R.I. Economic Development Corp.
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Seven months after its release, an independent consultant's report on the state's troubled Economic Development Corporation will be examined by state lawmakers on...
View ArticleHouse Speaker and R.I. Treasurer to unveil plan for state to finance local...
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House Speaker Gordon D. Fox and state General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo will unveil legislation Thursday that they say will help spur economic growth and help...
View ArticleTeenage boy charged with carjacking in Mount Pleasant
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 16-year-old Providence boy is accused of stealing a car at gunpoint in Mount Pleasant Monday night. Three young men approached as Melina Favalessa, 20, and her...
View ArticleNew group called Rhode Island Catholics for Marriage Equality urges passage...
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new group named Rhode Island Catholics for Marriage Equality urged the state Senate Wednesday to pass a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. The group,...
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Big East unveils new structure with 10 teams
By Kevin McNamara Journal filesDave Gavitt PROVIDENCE -- The Big East is finally ready to return to its roots. Citing a desire to reemphasize the vision of Dave Gavitt back in 1979, the seven...
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Red Sox, Yankees to honor Sandy Hook Elementary School
By Brian MacPherson AP photo / Tina Fineberg TAMPA, Fla. -- The Yankees and Red Sox announced Wednesday that they will honor the community of Newtown, Conn., and Sandy Hook Elementary School on Opening...
View ArticleStomach illness affects 67 Brown University students
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Brown University has reported a student outbreak of stomach illness to Rhode Island's health department and is seeking a possible cause. The university said...
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Crew of fast-attack sub named for RI capital home after seven months undersea...
By Paul Edward Parker Providence Journal / Bob Breidenbach The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Providence is pushed into the dock by tug boats Tuesday at Naval Submarine Base New London after...
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Photo: Knitting, feeding the baby while waiting to testify on R.I. same-sex...
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal photo / Katherine Gregg Galen Hamann, with her 4-month-old son Jackson, and Sarah Ostholtoff have been at State House since 10 a.m., waiting to testify at the...
View ArticleProvidence police charge man with graffiti vandalism
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police have charged Michael Thibodeau, 20, address not available, with vandalism for allegedly spray-painting buildings, it was announced Thursday by Police Chief...
View ArticleProvidence Police: Mini 'Mr. T', others hold women at knifepoint, ransack home
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 4-foot version of Mr. T held three women at knifepoint, while two other men ransacked their apartment in the Reservoir Triangle Wednesday night. Police believe...
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Photo: Stuck in traffic on Route 195, Providence
By News staff Journal photo/ Kathy BorchersWith two lanes closed, traffic was delayed traveling east on Route 195 over the Washington Bridge at 2 p.m. Thursday.
View ArticleR.I. Judiciary gets grant to look at boosting access to justice for the poor
By Katie MulvaneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The American Bar Association awarded the Rhode Island Judiciary an $18,000 grant toward creating a commission to improve legal access for the poor and...
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Former Patriots QB Drew Bledsoe lobbies Mass. legislators on wine law
By Mike McDermott AP photo / Steven Senne BOSTON (AP) -- Former New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe is urging Massachusetts lawmakers to end a ban on direct wine shipments to consumers....
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