Senate committee approves Rhode Island U.S. attorney nominee Cunha
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Zachary A. Cunha to be the next U.S. attorney for Rhode Island,...
Conflicting viewpoints, lack of documents create new questions in Michael Stephens’...
PROVIDENCE – Two very different pictures of the hiring process for the new Providence Police community relations leader were painted on Tuesday night as...
Former URI tennis coach pleads guilty in college admissions case
BOSTON (AP) — A former Georgetown University and University of Rhode Island tennis coach pleaded guilty Monday in Boston federal court in the college...
Council calls Elorza’s pick for police role into question amid new...
PROVIDENCE – Controversy surrounding Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s pick for a new Providence Police Department post has escalated with new allegations about the hiring...
UMass Law, Springfield College launch accelerated law degree program
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts School of Law and Springfield College are both launching a new accelerated law degree program.
UMass Law said pre-law...
Providence opens bids for $1.6M in youth nonviolence programs
PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence is extending its efforts to tackle and proactively deter crime to its young adult residents.
In two separate, recently...
City Council gives first approval to changing Providence Police community relations...
PROVIDENCE – A monthlong controversy over Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s pick for a new Providence Police Department leadership role was settled quickly and with...
Local business owner pleads guilty to filing false tax documents
PROVIDENCE – The owner of the Providence-based business R.I.J. Inc. pleaded guilty to charges related to underreporting and failing to pay taxes on income,...
Judge shoots down challenge to R.I. vaccine mandate, dismissing religious exemptions
PROVIDENCE – A federal court judge on Thursday denied a lawsuit filed by four health care workers seeking to halt Rhode Island’s Oct. 1...
Appeals are mounting in Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement, including from R.I....
Objections to a historic settlement with Purdue Pharma are mounting in the form of appeals, with Rhode Island's attorney general saying Wednesday the plan...
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