Wearing red, supporters line up for key RI gay marriage hearing
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Scores of Rhode Islanders wearing red to show support for gay marriage have lined up at the state capitol in advance of a key hearing on legislation that would...
View ArticleMan indicted on sexually assaulting, strangling Pawtucket woman
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A statewide grand jury indicted a 31-year-old Johnston man on charges of sexually assaulting his former girlfriend in Pawtucket, while under a no-contact order for...
View ArticleGay marriage coalition, RI United tweets graphic illustrating the 'path to...
By maria caporizzoPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Islanders United for Marriage, a coalition calling for the legalization of gay marriage in Rhode Island, has tweeted this graphic, explaining the path the...
View ArticleUpdate: Watch livestream of RI Senate committee's gay marriage hearing
By maria caporizzoUpdate: It looks like the livestream is on General Assembly video channel 2. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this afternoon on two bills...
View ArticleStatewide gun buyback program planned for April
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city of Providence and three other communities are hosting a statewide gun buyback program in April. Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced Thursday that he...
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R.I. Senate hearing on same sex marriage legislation has begun
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A much-anticipated Senate committee hearing on same-sex marriage legislation has begun, hours after supporters began lining up in a top-floor State House corridor...
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RI to get $750k in damages for Smithfield Superfund site
By Richard Salit Providence Journal file photo / Sandor Bodo The Davis Superfund site in Smithfield. Rhode Island will collect $750,000 -- and potentially several hundred thousand more in the future --...
View ArticleT.F. Green numbers down in February; could have been worse
By Paul Edward ParkerWARWICK, R.I. -- Passenger use of T.F. Green Airport declined 6 percent in February when compared to the same month a year ago, according to numbers made public Thursday by the...
View ArticleSenate panel witnesses speak for, against same-sex marriage in R.I.
By Andrea PancieraPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- See selected tweets and related links from the hearing going on Thursday before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee on bills related to gay marriage, as of 6 p.m....
View ArticleLifespan hospital group contemplates spending cuts amid 'significant' shortfall
By Felice FreyerPROVIDENCE, RI -- Faced with an unexpected revenue shortfall, the Lifespan hospital group is asking its employees and leadership to recommend spending cuts. In a letter to employees...
View ArticleFederal budget includes money for Electric Boat to build 2 submarines a year
By Paul Edward ParkerWASHINGTON, D.C. -- When U.S. House lawmakers finally ended the federal feud over the current year's budget on Thursday, it included $4.9 billion that will ensure General Dynamics...
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Providence man, already serving life sentence for killing girlfriend,...
By John Hill Providence Journal file photo Victor J. Arciliares PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man already serving a life sentence for killing his girlfriend was sentenced Friday to two consecutive...
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Senate Judiciary chairman: Members will 'digest' gay marriage testimony; no...
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At 12 hours and 10 minutes, the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on competing same-sex marriage bills was the longest committee hearing in recent memory, said Tom...
View ArticleDecision set for Monday on contingency plans for Central Coventry Fire District
By Andy SmithCOVENTRY, R.I. -- Superior Court Justice Brian P. Stern will render a decision Monday at 1 p.m. to determine whether details of contingency plans for the financially troubled Central...
View ArticleProvidence man's attempted 'suicide by cop' ends safely
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man held a box cutter at his girlfriend's throat and screamed for the Providence police to kill him. The woman begged them not to shoot. He wasn't going to hurt...
View ArticleChafee Administration chooses new chief of state audit bureau
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Chafee Administration has chosen Dorothy Pascale as the new chief of the auditing arm of the Department of Administration. The choice was announced by...
View ArticleTwo teens arrested in daytime armed robbery outside Providence Place
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two Providence teenagers are accused of robbing a man and threatening to shoot him outside Providence Place mall Thursday afternoon. Matthew Pacific, 25, told...
View ArticleRobber with shotgun holds up Providence liquor store, flees on bike
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are searching for a gunman who held up a liquor store in the Charles neighborhood Wednesday night. A clerk at Esquire Liquor Store, at 824 Charles St.,...
View ArticleNaming RI refuges, parks 'worth protecting,' environmental group wants...
By Richard SalitWARWICK, R.I. -- Officials gathered at Conimicut Point Park on Friday to unveil a list of the top 10 coastal spots in Rhode Island "worth protecting" and to call on Congress to continue...
View ArticleGunfire at Providence's Chad Brown investigated
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two men shot at a man and woman standing in the Chad Brown housing projects Thursday night. The 37-year-old woman told police that she saw the men across the...
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