A second floor hallway at the Rhode Island State House outside the Senate Chamber looking toward Smith Street is shown. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) Advisors attempted to dissuade Sam Bell from challenging longtime state senator Paul Jabour in the 2018 Democratic primary. Despite his political activism as former leader of the Rhode Island Progressive Democrats, […]
The National Weather Service is warning that severe storms could be ahead for Rhode Island this afternoon. Damaging wind is the primarily threat, “but large hail and an isolated tornado is also possible,” the agency’s Boston bureau wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for all of Rhode Island, […]
The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in southern New England Wednesday night, carving a path through Rhode Island and into Massachusetts. The EF-1 tornado first touched down in Lincoln, Rhode Island around 11:23 p.m. moving north through Cumberland before crossing the border and dissipating in North Attleboro, the NWS survey team […]
Domestic workers in Rhode Island will now be paid the state’s minimum wage under a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Daniel McKee. Traditionally, domestic workers haven’t been given that protection as the Rhode Island minimum wage has increased because under state law, they weren’t considered employees. The new law eliminates that exception, specifically […]
PROVIDENCE – Comeback bids. Family feuds. At least two cops, past and present, on the hunt for legislative seats, including a major in the Cranston police department with a colorful history. And a re-run of the election-year political drama Cioe V. Ruggerio. With a deadline of 4 p.m. Wednesday to declare candidacy, it appeared that […]
PROVIDENCE – In Rhode Island, where President Joe Biden comfortably beat former President Donald Trump by more than 20 percentage points four years ago, the sitting president now holds a single-digit lead. If the election was held today, Democrat Biden would beat Republican Trump by a slim 7 percentage points, according to a newly released […]
As high temperatures and humidity descend on the region this week. water, shade, and sunscreen are recommended when outdoors. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) Rhode Islanders will contend with some high temperatures as summer begins this week: The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory late Tuesday afternoon for the Ocean State. The advisory remains in […]
Rep Marvin Abney, House Finance chairman and Newport Democrat, introduces the revised fiscal 2025 budget articles to the House floor on Friday, June 7, 2025. (Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current) Finalizing the state’s annual spending plan is often a contentious, drawn-out process. Not this year. A $13.96 billion fiscal 2025 budget breezed through the Rhode Island […]
It was new and still a little odd –the idea was that people would watch a movie outside at night while sitting in their cars. And though such theaters already existed in New Jersey, California and even as locally as Quincy, Massachusetts, M. A. Finn, the new general manager of the E. M. Loew P […]
Michelle Reddish was named the chief operating officer for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority in June 2023 after previously serving as its chief regulatory officer. (Courtesy of Office of the Rhode Island Governor) One of Oklahoma’s top medical marijuana regulators is Gov. Dan McKee’s choice to become Rhode Island’s first cannabis administrator. Michelle Reddish was […]
There are about 30 kei cars registered in Rhode Island, according to DMV records, and lawmakers want to take them all off the road. State officials have started asking kei car owners to turn in their registration, which would make the vehicles illegal to drive on a public road. Rhode Island policymakers first floated the […]
May 24—A Rhode Island man has been indicted for securities fraud and other crimes for allegedly stealing $785,000 from a Center Conway resident. A Carroll County grand jury indicted Joseph Giuttari, 62, of North Cranston, Rhode Island, on three counts of theft by deception, three counts of securities fraud, and one count of issuing bad […]