Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, today announced that the acting director of Rhode Island’s E-911 Emergency Telephone System has been relieved of duty after State Police learned he had been training telecommunicators in Basic First Aid, CPR and AED without proper […]readmore
Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces the arrest of Michael T. Marrapese, age 40, of 245 Bay View Avenue, Cranston, RI for the murder of Lauren Ise, age 29, of the same address. On the morning of March 13, 2019, the Cranston Police Department was contacted by the Providence Police […]readmore
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Rhode Island Small Businesses Cannot Afford Another Minimum Wage Increase
PROVIDENCE, March 13, 2019 — Responding to today’s Senate Labor Committee hearing on a proposal to increase the state minimum wage, NFIB, which advocates on behalf of many Rhode Island small businesses, submitted testimony in opposition to that legislation. The following statements are attributable to NFIB Rhode Island State Director, Christopher Carlozzi: “The last minimum wage increase just […]readmore
DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after House Democrats passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act: “No president in modern history has done more to undermine the rule of law and destroy public trust in our institutions than Donald Trump. No political party has done more to disenfranchise voters and reward wealthy […]readmore
Wednesday, Cranston police has taken into custody Michael Marrapese, the son of a reputed mobster Bobo Marrapeses, in connection with the findings of a woman’s body. The investigation is focused on a building at 245 Bay View Avenue in Cranston.readmore
Public lands package permanently reauthorizes LWCF & designates RI rivers as “wild and scenic” Senators note that despite the fact President Trump is signing the bill to permanently authorize the popular, bipartisan LWCF program, he is simultaneously proposing to slash its funding by 95 percent WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Trump signed into law a bipartisan […]readmore
On March 10, 2019, at approximately 4:15 AM, Pawtucket Police responded to the area of 30 Vale St., after receiving a 9-1-1 call for shots fired. Officers arrived on scene and located several shell casings in the roadway and two parked vehicles that had been struck. There were no reported injuries. Initial investigation by patrol […]readmore
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TRINITY REP PRESENTS DELIGHTFULLY DEMENTED LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Award-winning musical runs April 11 – May 12 PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Rep will continue its 2018-19 Season with the perennially-popular Little Shop of Horrors – an award-winning musical that blends doo-wop, rock, and Motown in a totally twisted production about what lengths we are willing to go to when we are down on our luck. […]readmore
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Cicilline Chairs Antitrust Hearing on Proposed Sprint/T-Mobile Merger
Today’s hearing is an important opportunity to examine the state of competition in the wireless industry and the competitive effects of the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. Over the past century, the telecommunications industry in the United States has demonstrated the harms that result from monopoly power. By 1940, AT&T’s dominance was so entrenched […]readmore
Legislation granting Rhode Island and Connecticut waterways new protections and eligibility for federal funding signed into law WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), and David Cicilline (D-RI) today announced that their legislation to protect portions of the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed was signed into law by the President as part of a bipartisan public lands […]readmore