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Is a 2nd major movie about to shoot in Providence? East Side residents get filming notices
M. Night Shymalan is already filming throughout RI, but an unnamed movie with a different production company sent notices it ...
‘Look who’s talking’: Fetterman told to look in mirror after he rips NYC’s Mamdani as ‘not even a Democrat’
Former staffers and campaign workers criticized the Pennsylvania senator for slamming the Democratic nominee for mayor of New ...
Former Gov. DiPrete’s funeral Mass to be held Monday
Visiting hours for DiPrete will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at Nardolillo Funeral Home in Cranston. His funeral will ...
Providence prepares for hurricanes and other extreme weather. Here's what you should do.
Here's the latest guidance for residents from the city's Emergency Management Agency to prepare for flooding as well as heat ...
Work begins on $35M distribution center at site of Pawtucket's closed Morley Field
The distribution center is being built with the help of state money and the developer just announced financing for the ...
Providence asks judge to block police sergeant who beat handcuffed man from returning to active duty
PROVIDENCE — Mayor Brett Smiley’s administration asked a judge Thursday to allow the city to fire embattled Sergeant Joseph ...
Ed DiPrete’s 1984 campaign playbook came from a powerful GOP firm bearing familiar names
DiPrete, who died Tuesday, was elected governor three times. His successful strategy was created by created by the Black, ...
Trump administration freezes nearly $7B in education funding. How does it affect RI?
The freeze on close to $7 billion in education grants would cost RI nearly $30 million, 7% of the state’s K-12 federal ...
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R.I. leaders are planning their next move after feds withhold $30M in K-12 funding
Advertisement -by Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current July 9, 2025 State leaders are considering their next steps as they ...
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Edward D. DiPrete, former governor of Rhode Island, dies at 91
Edward D. DiPrete, Rhode Island’s 70th governor and the first and only Rhode Island governor ever to go to jail, died this ...
Local leaders mourn loss of former Rhode Island Gov. Ed DiPrete
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Local leaders are mourning the death of former Gov. Edward DiPrete. DiPrete, who was 91 years old, served as Rhode Island’s governor from 1985 until 1991 and as mayor of ...
Central Falls voters approve a school board for their city. What comes next?
Currently, schools in the “One Square Mile” city are governed by a six-member Board of Trustees appointed by Rhode Island’s education commissioner. Under the new plan, Central Falls will replace that ...