Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that today, a Providence County Superior Court jury found Michael Patino (age 33) guilty of second degree murder in the 2009 beating death of six-year-old Marco Nieves. The jury returned the guilty verdict after deliberating for eight hours following a 11-day trial presided over by Superior Court Justice Netti […]Load more...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. –Governor Gina M. Raimondo today announced Dr. Ken Wagner as her choice to lead the Rhode Island Department of Education.          Wagner, who is stepping down as the senior deputy commissioner for education policy for the New York State Department of Education this month, served several years as a middle school assistant […]Load more...

Rhode Island – The smokers who choose to walk Newport’s iconic Cliff Walk route can no longer light up. A new ban instituted last month applies to the 3½-mile public walkway that runs between the Atlantic Ocean and some of the city’s most spectacular Gilded Age mansions. Attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors a year, […]Load more...