PROVIDENCE, RI (WLNE) - For nine years, the so-called "Superman Building" in downtown Providence has sat empty, waiting for its next role. Just last week, Gov. Dan McKee announced plans to breathe fresh air into the space in an effort…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence city council member Nirva LaFortune officially announced her bid to run for Providence mayor in 2022. When LaFortune was elected to her city council seat in 2017, she became Rhode Island’s first Haitian American to…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Since ABC6 first reported last month on discrepancies in pension payments to hundreds of union members in Rhode Island, a retired worker has come forward saying that if the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Members of LIUNA affiliates Local 808 and Local 1033 came to ABC6 with concerns about pension deductions from their paychecks. They say they could be owed thousands of dollars. According to financial…
CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) – More than 300 beds fill what used to be the former Citizens Bank Call Center, now turned into a field hospital for overflow coronavirus patients. Governor Gina Raimondo ordered…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - The Senate Finance Committee is starting to work on what the state budget will look like for the next fiscal year. Thursday the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - The state's COVID-19 Emergency Funding Task Force met for the first time Thursday afternoon to discuss how the state will spend $1.25 billion in federal funds in the…
Credit: Brett Smiley R.I. Dept. of Administrative Director, Brett Smiley, offered an inside look into the Convention Center, which has been converted into a 550-bed medical facility. Smiley took to Twitter to praise his colleagues for setting up the…
On Thursday Gov. Raimondo released her budget for the 2021 fiscal year and the $10 billion spending plan shows how the aspirational proposals heard during the state of the state earlier in the week wo
By: News Staff news@abc6.com Providence, R.I. — Rhode Island Republican leader calling for the governor's chief of staff to resign over a tweet that came out during the last presidential debate. ...
By News Staffnews@abc6.comProvidence Police have arrested a man connected to a rash of break-ins on the East Side.One of the homes broken into was that of Chief Operating Officer of the city of Pro...
Twitter: @markcurtisABC6 Charles Perry is trying to dig out in front of his Orms Street home in Providence. While many main roads are good, side streets and sidewalks remain a mess, and he's runnin...
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter:@deedequattro In one of the most watched mayoral races in Providence's history Democrat Jorge Elorza was able to overcome former Providence mayo...
Twitter: @markcurtisABC6email: mcurtis@abc6.comFormer Mayor Buddy Cianci walked out of court dealing with a legal matter from 13 years ago.No it wasn't Plunderdome.Instead this was a suit filed by ...
By: Dee DeQuattroEmail: ddequattro@abc6.comTwitter: @deedequattroJorge Elorza will face off against former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci, and Republican Dan Harrop in the General Election. Elorza o...
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro Providence City Council President Michael Solomon formally launched his campaign for mayor Wednesday morning. The centerpiece of
Twitter: @markcurtisABC6mcurtis@abc6.com“The Sunday Political Brunch” – June 24, 2014 (Providence, Rhode Island) – The most intriguing political story in the United States this past week came from ...
Dr. Mark Curtis, Ed.D., is Chief Political Reporter for WLNE-TV ABC6Providence, RI and a Political Analyst for KGO Radio 810-AM, San Francisco. (Providence, Rhode Island) – Happy Easter everyone! W...
By News Staff news@abc6.com The six candidates hoping to become Providence's next mayor met for the first of a series of forums Wednesday night. The forum was hosted by the Providence Community Librar
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, and in observance of the designation, Providence residents can turn in expired or unused medications for safe disposal. Medications can be brought to the Providence Public Safety Complex at…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The City of Providence responded to a new Trump administration Executive Order that would directed state and federal officials to publish lists of "sanctuary city" jurisdictions due to alleged "obstruction" of immigration enforcement by saying the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), Providence Public School District (PPSD) and the City of Providence have announced a settlement agreement…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence has received a $6.5 million federal Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program grant, according to the office of Mayor Brett P. Smiley. The grant will go toward comprehensive lead hazard reduction efforts in older Providence homes.…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The USA Gymnastic Championships will be held in Providence next year. USA Gymnastics announced the news on Friday that championships will be held at the Amica Mutual Pavilion and the Rhode Island Convention Center. The event…
