West Warwick voters approve budget for next fiscal year
By Alex KuffnerWEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Voters on Thursday approved a budget for the next fiscal year that local officials hope will buy them more time to sort out the town's longstanding financial woes...
View ArticleR.I. Senate approves TDI increase to include care of a newborn or a sick...
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate approved legislation Thursday to hike the state tax that pays temporary disability benefits in order to expand the program to residents...
View ArticleR.I. Senate approves 3 bills from gun control package
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate late Thursday approved three bills that had been part of the General Assembly leadership's gun control package. Among them was legislation...
View ArticleAuthorities name another suspect in the Odin Lloyd murder case
By Richard C. DujardinNORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Authorities have named another suspect in the Odin Lloyd murder case, and are asking the public's help in finding 44-year-old Ernest Wallace, who they...
View ArticleR.I. House may ban companies from asking applicants about criminal records
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island House of Representatives, in a rare Friday session, will consider legislation to prohibit companies from initially asking prospective workers about...
View ArticleSmithfield Planning Board postpones decision on hotel, village complex on...
By Richard C. DujardinSMITHFIELD, R.I -- The town's Planning Board has postponed its decision on whether to recommend approval of a zone change that would pave the way for construction of a mixed-use...
View ArticleIt's going to be a wet weekend in the Ocean State
By News staffThe National Weather Service dropped its flood watch at 6 p.m. Friday, but that doesn't mean Saturday and Sunday are going to be beach days in Rhode Island. The Weather Service says there...
View ArticleR.I. House votes to 'divest' state money from companies involved in Iran
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House voted 65 to 2 Friday to pass a bill that calls for the state to "divest" its money from companies that are doing business in the "energy and financial...
View ArticleHouse votes to require residents to take driver training courses in Rhode Island
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House voted 39 to 26 Friday to pass a bill that would require people to take their driver training courses in Rhode Island. Sponsored by Rep. Arthur Corvese,...
View ArticleHouse sets aside $2 million to seek out waste, fraud in Rhode Island-run...
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House voted 68 to 0 Friday to pass a bill that requires the state to use "predictive modeling and analytics technologies" to search for waste and fraud in...
View ArticleProvidence doesn't get all it wanted in Assembly-approved RI budget
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The General Assembly-approved $8.2 billion state budget for July 1 does not give Providence all of the money it requested -- including enough cash to wipe out the...
View ArticleVideo: Trying to change the lives of some at the ACI
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Steve Szydlowski CRANSTON, R.I. -- Sal Monteiro Jr., and Abraham Henderson of the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence talk with inmates at...
View ArticleR.I. House says yea to making calamari state appetizer
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- You may call it squid, you may call it calamari. But the R.I. House of Representatives voted Friday night to call it the official state appetizer. With more than...
View ArticleMore than 200 rally against closing Davey Lopes pool in Providence
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- More than 200 people, including a large number of adults with children in tow, rallied outside the Davey Lopes Recreation Center Friday evening to protest plans by...
View ArticleR.I. House passes bill to let day-care workers unionize
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Over protests from the chamber's tiny Republican caucus, the Rhode Island House of Representatives, during a rare and busy Friday session, passed legislation that...
View ArticlePolice issue alert for large black bear visiting backyards in Burrillville...
By Richard C. DujardinBURRILLVILLE, R.I. -- Police here and in neighboring North Smithfield are warning residents to be on the lookout for a large black bear that has been seen walking through several...
View ArticleHouse OKs small-claims, tougher penalties for texting while driving
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Late Friday, the House of Representatives zipped through a flurry of bills. --Small-claims court allows the person filing a claim to do so for amounts involving...
View ArticleThree gun-control bills go to Governor Chafee
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three bills that were part of the General Assembly leadership's gun control package now head to Governor Chafee, following final passage Friday by the state House...
View ArticleTwo Providence students staying with friends after kitchen fire
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two male students are staying with friends tonight after the oil they were cooking with caught fire, and they tried to douse it with water. Capt. David Soscia of the...
View ArticleR.I. lawmakers will meet Monday for flurry of last-lap votes
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State lawmakers will return to Smith Hill on Monday for what could be the next-to-last day of the legislative session, packed House and Senate calendars and...
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