PROVIDENCE, RI- Derell Johnson, age 21, has been charged by the Providence Police Department with one count of 1st degree murder for the April 1, 2015 murder of Briana Giorgio, age 21 of Cranston, which occurred on Webster Avenue. Johnson is scheduled to appear in Superior Court at 2 p.m. today. “I commend the […]readmore
Providence –According to an order issued by the Supreme Court, Fox consented to disbarment in an affidavit filed with the court’s Disciplinary Board March 16, just two weeks after admitting to accepting bribes and using campaign funds for personal expenses as part of his plea agreement with prosecutors. On Wedsnesday, Rhode Island College rescinded the honorary degree it […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Frank Williams, a retired Rhode Island Supreme Court chief justice who worked to broker a settlement, announced the deal in state court in Providence Thursday. He called it an «awesome achievement, shortly before Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter convened a court session to hear motions in the trial. The settlement proposal includes cost-of-living […]readmore
PROVIDENCE – Police have identified the woman who was shot dead in her car next to an elementary school on Sterling Avenue Wednesday night. The victim is Briana Giorgio, 21, of Cranston, which is the second homicide for Providence in two days. Giorgio was transported to Rhode Island Hospital and pronounced dead. Police said they don’t believe […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on Thursday, April 2, 2015, Troopers assigned to the Hope Valley Barracks arrested a New York man and seized approximately eighty-five (85) pounds of marijuana during a motor vehicle stop on Route 95 in the Town of […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today continued to outline her proposed jobs package to move Rhode Island forward. Along with community leaders, she renewed her call to raise the minimum wage and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). These proposals will boost the local economy and help make work pay for Rhode Islanders […]readmore
«We must reinvigorate Rhode Island and state government with fresh ideas and new ways of doing things, so that we can enhance accountability and get better results for our citizens.» – Governor Gina M. Raimondo With the state facing structural deficits, Rhode Island must transform state and municipal government to be more innovative and responsive […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget is a forward-looking, balanced budget proposal rooted in the belief that every hardworking person deserves the chance to make it in Rhode Island. Her budget offers significant investments in growth and has no broad-based tax increases despite closing an inherited $190 million deficit. «If we rebuild […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI - Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today outlined efforts to aggressively and systematically repair potholes throughout the City of Providence. Mayor Elorza announced that Department of Public Works has potholes crews out repairing roadways daily. These efforts are guided by daily, proactive surveys of streets and by the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, to […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces the arrest of a Providence man on drug distribution charges by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. On March 6, 2015 members of the HIDTA Task Force and the United States Bureau of Immigration and […]readmore