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RI legislators offer plan to avoid additional bridge tolls
By Bruce Landis Edwards DiPalma Two East Bay legislators, Sen. Louis P. DiPalma, D-Little Compton, and Rep. John G. Edwards, D-Portsmouth, filed legislation to avoid additional tolls on the state's...
View Article38 Studios forum participants debate consequences of $17-million RI loan default
By Philip Marcelo Related Expert to advise lawmakers on 38 Studios debt has ties to companies involved in deal PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Conservative and liberal activists hosted a joint forum at the Rhode...
View ArticleChafee administration urges repayment of 38 Studios debt
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee's administration re-affirmed its desire to repay the state's debt on its failed investment in the now bankrupt video-game company 38 Studios....
View ArticleHouse panel hears from analysts on consequences of defaulting on 38 Studios debt
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. - The budget-writing House Finance Committee is hearing testimony Thursday evening from financial analysts with ties to the 38 Studios deal on the possible...
View ArticleEast Greenwich's first synagogue, Temple Torat Yisrael, to be dedicated Sunday
By Richard C. DujardinEAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- The first synagogue ever to be established in this town since the town's founding in 1677 is planning three days of festivities this weekend as part of the...
View Article2 accused of witness tampering in probe into synthetic drug deaths
By Tatiana PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two men have been charged in federal court in Providence with witness tampering in connection with a person cooperating with police regarding the trafficking of...
View ArticleHouse approves ban on required access to social-media accounts
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One side argued the rights of childrens' camp owners to screen out potential child predators by checking their social-media postings. The other side said it is not...
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Update: Board of Education renews Gist contract for two more years
By Linda Borg Providence Journal photo by Kathy Borchers The Board of Education begins its meeting on Deborha's Gist's contract Thursday evening. Gist is shown at center. Providence Journal video by...
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Prosecutor testifies in trial of defense lawyer accused of bribery
By Katie Mulvaney Providence Journal file photoGerard Donley PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Special Assistant Attorney General James Baum told jurors Friday that he had "no doubt " Michael Drepaul was willing to...
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Chafee announces 'IonaFest' to showcase local artists, honor late arts leader
By Bill Van SiclenThe Providence Journal / Frieda Squires R.I. Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks at a press conference Friday at PPAC announcing the first annual Ionafest in honor of former Arts Council chief...
View ArticlePawSox game canceled; Bat Night promotion rescheduled
By Mike McDermottThe Pawtucket Red Sox have canceled tonight's game against the Charlotte Knights. The game will not be made up because this is the last scheduled meeting between the teams this season....
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Next in #eWave | The virtual living room: Families connect through social media
By G. Wayne Miller PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Often maligned as instruments of isolation and separation, social media can benefit relationships when used wisely, experts assert. "For those families who have...
View ArticleParking garage coming to downtown Providence?
By W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE _ Legislation has been introduced in the Senate to establish a special commission to study the possibility of building a multi-million dollar parking garage next to...
View ArticleRI ranks in top 10 for elderly who are 'economically vulnerable,' reports says
By Lynn ArditiRhode Island ranks among the top 10 states with the highest population of people 65 and older considered "economically vulnerable," according to a report released this week by the...
View ArticleWest Warwick woman faces 9 counts of embezzling from Coventry scout troop
By Donita NaylorCOVENTRY, R.I. -- A West Warwick woman faces nine felony counts of embezzlement after the chairman of Boy Scout Troop 1, which meets at St. Vincent De Paul Church, noticed that the...
View ArticleRhode Island's public transit authority (RIPTA) looks to state for fiscal help
By Bruce LandisPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority wants the state government to pick up the cost of the authority's debt service for the fiscal year that ends June 30, about...
View ArticlePay raise, new stipend will raise Gist's pay to more than $213,000
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - A 2-percent pay raise is not all that state Education Commissioner Deborah Gist is poised to get out of her new contract approved on Thursday night. According to...
View ArticleFlood warning on for RI's Kent, Providence counties; high surf, too
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The National Weather Service has posted a flood warning for Kent and Providence counties, and a watch for elsewhere in Rhode Island and much of the rest of New...
View ArticleE-ZPass transponders are essentially free for a limited time
By Donita NaylorJAMESTOWN, R.I. -- Beginning June 25, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority will sell E-ZPass transponders for $10 instead of the usual $20.95, and new account holders will get...
View ArticleTime Lapse: They put up a parking lot, but once it was a spirited spot
By Sheila LennonThis weekend's Rhode Island history mystery at our Time Lapse blog involves a spot that wasn't always the parking lot it is today. Once it was lively, later it was rugged: Once upon a...
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