Cranston, RI – Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that the Cranston Police Department arrested a Cranston man who struck a Cranston Business owner and his son causing serious bodily injury. Willard Whiting, age 45, of 200 Cannon Street Apt. 132, Cranston, RI was charged with one count of Felony […]Load more...
Providence, RI (July 23, 2018) – Tonight City Council President David A. Salvatore and Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune introduced an amendment in support of Providence’s policy to ensure in the fullest possible participation of firms owned and controlled by minorities (MBEs) or women (WBEs) in City-funded and -directed public construction programs, as well as in municipal […]Load more...
Providence, RI (July 23, 2018) – Tonight Council President David A. Salvatore, Senior Deputy Majority Leader Nicholas J. Narducci, Jr., Deputy Majority Leader Wilbur W. Jennings Jr., and Councilman Michael Correia introduced a resolution creating a task force to study the impact of public utility work on Providence’s roads and sidewalks. “It is the responsibility […]Load more...
$1.67 billion earned-to-date under Treasurer Magaziner PROVIDENCE, R.I. – General Treasurer Seth Magaziner today announced that the State’s pension fund finished its fiscal year ahead of its investment target and benchmarks. The fund returned 8.03 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, ahead of its 7.0 percent annual target and ahead of its […]Load more...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close multiple lanes of I-95 North tomorrow night, Tuesday, July 24, for survey work following repair to an area of settled pavement near the Park Avenue overpass in Cranston. The work is part of a study of subsurface conditions that contributed to the settlement, which required a […]Load more...
Providence, RI – Local 5098 of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals said last attempt with Lifespan and a mediator Monday morning failed to resolve the deadlock. UNAP nurses will be relieved at 1:30 p.m. and strike will start at 3 p.m. after negotiations with Lifespan concluded for the day Monday morning. «This is a […]Load more...
VOA News Mexico’s President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking to initiate «a new stage in the relationship» of the two countries and to make progress in the areas of «trade, migration, development and security.» Lopez Obrador handed the seven-page letter to a U.S. delegation that visited the […]Load more...
BRISTOL, RI – After President Trump’s budget sought to sink a beach water testing program that helps Rhode Island monitor coastal waters throughout the summer to keep beachgoers safe, U.S. Senator Jack Reed helped lead the effort in Congress to revive it and successfully delivered $9.3 million in Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act […]Load more...
ORONTO — A man walked along a Toronto street firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes, shooting 14 people and killing two before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police. Police Chief Mark Saunders did not rule out terrorism as a motive, though officials did not immediately identify the attacker, other than to say he […]Load more...
VOA News/Aline Barros Federal law allows people from other countries to seek asylum in the United States if they fear persecution at home. Here’s a look at how the system works: What qualifies people for asylum? To be granted asylum, applicants must meet three requirements, laid out by the U.N. Convention on Refugees in 1951 […]Load more...
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