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The city at the heart of the car tax battle has decided to tax fewer cars. In the 2013 budget Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian has proposed increasing the car tax exemption from $500 to $1,500.
Curt Schilling and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation did not come to any agreement Wednesday on a deal to keep the Former Red Sox pitcher's video game company afloat.
A bill that would roll back the primary offense seat belt law will be heard by the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday. The bill proposed by Rep. Jared Nunes (D, Coventry, West Warwick) will prevent police officers from pulling over motorist simply because they are not wearing their seatbelts.
Congressman David Cicillines brother John, has pled not guilty to a charge of driving under the influence reports WPRI-TV.
Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena is getting in line with other mayors who have made moves to suspend retiree cost of living adjustments for retirees.
As part of a $500 million dollar federal settlement with Google in April North Providence and East Providence Police Department received a whopping $60 million for their cooperation in the case and now the mayors are saying that money needs to go toward retiree pensions.
In an emergency meeting of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation to discuss 38 Studios, Curt Schillings video game company, defaulting on a $1.125 million loan guarantee the board voted to go to a closed door session.
A disbarred attorney from Pawtucket will be spending time in the federal penitentiary after his role in a $1.1 million mortgage fraud scheme.
The board of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation has set an emergency meeting Wednesday morning, after Curt Schilling's video game making company defaults on a $1 million loan guaranatee payment.
Robert Doyle was arrested by Providence Police on Monday afternoon while making routine checks of other sex offenders.
Jessica Ahlquist, the Cranston teen at the center of the Cranston prayer banner controversy, says she now supports the removal of the Woonsocket war memorial.
Prompted by recent incidents of violence against youth in the city of Providence, Rhode Island Senate leaders created a Youth Violence Task Force to investigate the issue.
Two weeks after a rally to support a long-standing war memorial in Woonsocket, contributions to finance the memorials legal defense- continue to arrive at City Hall.
Governor Lincoln Chafee Tuesday acknowledged he is talking with 38 Studios, but would not disclose the financial condition of the troubled video game maker.
Governor Lincoln Chafee Monday signed an executive order that the state recognize out of state same-sex marriages.
A dispatcher at the West Greenwich police station is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the evidence room.
"Rhode Islands eighth-graders score better this year on a national science test than they did three years ago. Thats good news for now, and helps identify the kids who wont be coming back to Rhode Island after they graduate from college." Zing!
The city of Providence launches an effort to hire more firefighters, a move the city says will save millions in overtime costs.
Former Auditor General Ernie Almonte is filing paperwork to begin a potential candidacy for Governor.
Alcohol, packed nightclubs and a lack of control may have led to a series of violent acts in months past in Providence.
Federal authorities in Rhode Island Monday announced the arrests of 11 suspects in a Dominican heroin ring with ties to the Mexican drug cartels.
A group of prayer banner supporters are appealing their exclusion from the federal court case surrounding the now removed prayer banner at Cranston West High School.