'It's disgusting': Students in wheelchairs left for hours amid RI school-bus...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Uncovered routes. Insufficient drivers. Missed pickups. Students in wheelchairs waiting for hours. These are just some of the problems to have surfaced so far during a...
View ArticleHasbro mulls leaving Rhode Island
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — Hasbro is again considering a move out of Rhode Island. The toymaking and entertainment giant confirmed Monday it's exploring options that include moving its headquarters out...
View ArticleWhy the Woonasquatucket River remains off limits 6 years after $100M settlement
JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) – Federal and state officials celebrated in 2018 when they announced a $100 million settlement with subsidiaries of Stanley Black and Decker Inc. to clean up three miles of toxic...
View ArticleHasbro CEO says no relocation for at least 18 months; McKee expects meeting...
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) -- Gov. Dan McKee said Tuesday he expects to meet with Hasbro executives by the end of the week, as Rhode Island leaders scramble to prevent one of the state's most iconic...
View ArticleRI stops Washington Bridge demolition citing ongoing legal battle
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The R.I. Department of Transportation has stopped demolition on the defunct westbound Washington Bridge, which state officials said is necessary to "preserve evidence"...
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RI regulators pair electricity rate hike with some financial relief for...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island regulators on Thursday approved an electricity rate hike that is expected to raise customers' bills 23% on average this winter compared with current rates,...
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Providence policeman accused of helping friend with gang affiliation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- A Providence police officer has been arrested and accused of helping a friend with gang affiliations avoid legal trouble. The R.I. Attorney General and Providence police...
View Article$125M coming to RI for Washington Bridge
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Rhode Island has received $125 million in federal funding to help replace the defunct Washington Bridge, the state's congressional delegation announced Friday. The funding...
View Article'We'd love to have them stay': RI leaders meet with Hasbro CEO to try and...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Let the wooing begin. Gov. Dan McKee and R.I. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi met Thursday with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks, days after news surfaced that the company is considering...
View ArticleNew lawsuit filed in North Kingstown 'naked fat test' scandal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A new lawsuit has been filed in the so-called "naked fat test" scandal that has rocked North Kingstown. In the civil complaint, filed Friday, a former North Kingstown High...
View ArticleCox Communications sues RI over high-speed internet plan
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- One of Rhode Island's top internet providers sued the McKee administration on Monday, accusing state officials of mismanaging the rollout of a $108 million plan for...
View Article'Misleading': RI Commerce officials lambaste Cox Communications over lawsuit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- R.I. Commerce Corp. officials lambasted Cox Communications Tuesday after the telecommunications giant filed a lawsuit against the McKee administration over the rollout of a...
View ArticleA new Hasbro headquarters at Apex? Pawtucket leaders scramble for ideas
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) -- Pawtucket leaders are holding onto hope that Hasbro will keep its headquarters in the city, even as a growing number of Rhode Island leaders strongly hint the toymaker would...
View Article'Sins of our past': Coventry faces $5M school deficit, loses Moody's rating
COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) -- Coventry has come under the microscope in recent months as a school deficit abruptly ballooned to $5 million and a top credit-rating agency withdrew its assessment of the...
View ArticleFall River police chief steps down
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) -- The Fall River Police Department is losing its third chief in four years, as Mayor Paul Coogan announced Friday that Chief Paul Gauvin will step down to the rank of...
View Article'So many people have been hurt': FBI investigating RI man's investment scheme
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) – When Donna deWardener invested nearly $2 million of her retirement savings through Joseph Giuttari for multiple real-estate deals, she felt confident it was a good financial...
View ArticleFeds accuse Joseph Giuttari of scamming investors, stealing COVID money
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Federal investigators have filed a criminal charges against investment broker Joseph Giuttari, accusing him of defrauding people of millions of dollars, stealing COVID-19...
View ArticleCVS to lay off 632 people employed out of RI as board mulls breaking up company
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) -- CVS Health has notified Rhode Island regulators it plans to lay off 632 in-person and remote workers employed out of the company's headquarters starting on Dec. 8, Target 12...
View ArticleOn brink of bankruptcy, Thundermist seeks $8 million taxpayer bailout
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) -- One of Rhode Island's most prominent health care organizations needs a cash injection of $8 million to avoid going into receivership, laying off hundreds and ending care for...
View Article'I hope he rots in jail': Victims speak out at arraignment of accused RI...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Accused fraudster Joseph Giuttari was arraigned Tuesday in federal court, where multiple people said he stole their life savings as part of an illegal investment scheme....
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