R.I. Ethics Commission: 7 retirement board members can't participate in...
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nearly half of the members of the state Retirement Board must recuse themselves from participating in any of matters related to the public employees unions' lawsuits...
View ArticleBill would cut waits at the RI labor department
By Bruce LandisPROVIDENCE -- The House Finance Committee held a hearing on a bill that would pay for more staff at the state Department of Labor and Training, where persons qualified for unemployment...
View ArticleR.I. Speaker Fox says same-sex marriage bills could clear House next week
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House Speaker Gordon D. Fox is calling the Senate committee's 7-4 vote for same-sex marriage a "huge step forward,'' and saying the bill could move through the...
View ArticleCatholic diocese to offer young adults a chance to 'grill' priests Friday night
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Diocese of Providence is offering young adults in their 20s and 30s a chance to grill seven priests this Friday night about any aspect of Catholicism or...
View ArticleGovernor Chafee says R.I. cannot stand as 'island of inequality' in region
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Lincoln Chafee issued this statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 for legislation to allow same-sex nuptials in Rhode Island: "Marriage...
View ArticleNational Organization for Marriage: Allow voters to decide
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - With same-sex marriage legislation headed for a Senate vote Wednesday, the National Organization for Marriage Rhode Island is still hoping to convince Senators to...
View ArticleBill would let Coventry fire district regroup
By Bruce LandisPROVIDENCE - The House Finance Committee approved a bill that would keep the broke Coventry Central Fire District in business using last year's budget. The bill, which now goes to the...
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R.I. Rep. Baldelli Hunt announces she'll run for mayor of Woonsocket
By Donita Naylor Journal files / Connie Grosch BALDELLI HUNT WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- State Rep. Lisa Baldelli Hunt on Tuesday launched her campaign for mayor, saying she will invite "people of good faith...
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Langevin lauds end of enrollment freeze at Exeter Job Corps Center
By Richard C. DujardinEXETER, R.I. -- A freeze on new enrollments that the federal government imposed on the Exeter Job Corps Center and 125 similar centers across the U.S. in January has been lifted....
View ArticleMan accused of throwing deceased relative's ashes in argument with girlfriend
By Richard C. DujardinJOHNSTON, R.I. -- Police charged a 51-year-old man on assault and disorderly conduct for allegedly throwing the contents of an urn with the ashes of a deceased relative during an...
View ArticleAs Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
By News staffBOSTON (AP) -- The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday -- including an 8-year-old boy -- as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical,...
View ArticleBody discovered in water off Providence's India Point Park
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The body of a man believed to be in his 20s was discovered in the water off India Point Park late Tuesday afternoon in an area opposite the Wyndham Garden...
View ArticlePolitiFact RI: Truths, falsehoods in same-sex marriage debate
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.Over the past 2-1/2 years, PolitiFact Rhode Island has activated its Truth-O-Meter eight times in the debate over whether same-sex marriage should be legalized. We've given two...
View ArticleCicilline, Whitehouse applaud Senate same-sex marriage vote
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - In 1997, then-state Rep. David Cicilline co-sponsored a before-it's-time bill to allow same sex marriage in Rhode Island. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Cicilline issued...
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Photo / Celebration following passage of same-sex marriage bill
By News staff Providence Journal photo / Steve SzydlowskiSen. Donna M. Nesselbush, lead sponsor of the Senate bill to legalize same-sex marriage, joins in the celebration after the bill was passed,...
View ArticleGay advocacy groups laud Senate's same-sex marriage vote
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - "On the heels of November's perfect sweep for marriage, our win today reaffirms that momentum is truly on our side,'' said Human Rights Campaign President Chad...
View ArticleAuthor, theologian Rev. Robert Barron tapped as Providence College's...
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rev. Robert Barron, creator and host of the 10-part Catholicism documentary and an on-air contributor and analyst for NBC News and other media outlets such...
View ArticleOfficials: Bomb suspect acknowledged role
By News staffWASHINGTON (AP) -- Two U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings acknowledged his role in the attacks to FBI investigators. But the officials say this occurred before...
View ArticleVideo: In historic vote, RI Senate passes gay marriage bill
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Kathy Borchers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate voted 26 to 12 Wednesday to legalize same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. It is a "giant step forward,"...
View ArticleToday in RI history: TB scare at Central Falls High School
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Magistrate Judge Domenic DiSandro III of the Traffic Tribunal sentences Jarred Lynch, a member of the politically prominent Lynch family, for refusing a chemical...
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