PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ About two dozen locally run pension
plans in Rhode Island risk are at risk, with some in danger of
running out of money.
The Providence Journal says liabilities for...
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) _ The case of a Warwick man facing a variety
of drug and sexual assault charges is in the hands of the jury.
Jurors in James Cook's trial in...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) _ The new president of the University
of Rhode Island wants to forge tighter bonds between the school and
businesses in the state.
President David Dooley says his initiative...
WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news
media as ``despicable,'' accusing it of ignoring the war in
Afghanistan even as troops continue to die there.
The Rhode Island Democrat...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ A Providence man has been indicted on
federal drug possession charges.
A federal grand jury on Wednesday charged 35-year-old Brayanth
Fernandez with knowingly possessing more than 500 grams of...
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) _ An organization that represents some of
Rhode Island's largest electricity users has come out against a
proposed power-purchase agreement between National Grid and the
developer of a wind farm...
TIVERTON, R.I. (AP) _ Tiverton police are looking for the
musclebound thief or thieves who apparently stole a 300-pound
bronze sculpture.
The nearly 4-foot tall statue, called ``Embrace of Life II,''
was reported missing...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Rhode Island Rep. William Murphy, who
recently gave up his position as House Speaker, has been appointed
to the House Finance Committee.
House spokesman Larry Berman said the committee...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ The Rhode Island prisons agency is
investigating an allegation made by a witness in a murder trial
that a guard took a $100 bribe to let the witness...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ A Rhode Island trial judge has been
nominated for a seat on the state's highest court.
Gov. Don Carcieri on Monday selected Superior Court Judge
Gilbert Indeglia for the...
