PROVIDENCE, RI. (WLNE)- On Tuesday, the Rhode Island Senate voted to pass a legislation that would legalize adult use of cannabis in the Ocean State. The final vote was 29 for and 9 against. This legislation... passing with just days remaining…
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WLNE) – Rhode Island lawmakers are moving on a bill that was sparked by the suicide death of a 15-year-old Portsmouth High School student. Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE)- Rhode Island's airport officially has a new name after Gov. Dan McKee signed off on the change, the airport announced on Wednesday. T.F. Green will be called "Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport" going forward. Gov. McKee…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - For the first time in its history, there's a program in Rhode Island that will provide funding to give body-worn cameras to every police officer in the state. This…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - In a 6-2 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Monday that would legalize, tax and regulate recreational cannabis in the state of Rhode Island. The bill will now head to the full Senate for a…
PROVIDENCE, RI (WLNE) - A rally with some of Rhode Island's top officials in attendance was held at the state house Tuesday afternoon to discuss gun safety in Rhode Island. Governor Dan…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The Providence Board of Licenses met Wednesday and approved open containers for Al Fresco dining in Federal Hill, on Friday and Saturday nights from 5-10 p.m.! This will last through the beginning of October, for about…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green announced Tuesday the appointment of…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - Governor Dan McKee has announced a new Interim Superintendent for Providence Public Schools. Governor Dan Mckee and Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green held a briefing Tuesday morning where it was…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - The Rhode Island Department of Health announced Monday it sent 200K COVID-19 testing kits to India last week. RIDOH collaborated with Kent Hospital and CARE New England's COVID-19 Crisis Relief Effort to distribute the tests. The…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Some of the state’s mass vaccination sites are set to close their doors. Governor Dan McKee announced the news at the state’s weekly COVID-19 press conference, stating the site at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Masks are no longer required for vaccinated and unvaccinated people outdoors. The changes announced by Governor Dan McKee go into effect beginning Wednesday, June 2. The Governor says they follow…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - Dunkin Donuts will be hosting pop-up vaccination sites and donating proceeds from iced coffees sold to Hasbro Children’s hospital as part of Iced Coffee Day. $1 from every iced coffee sold in Rhode Island and Bristol…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- The Rhode Island General Assembly on Tuesday approved legislation permanently enacting the state's Promise program. The Promise program provides up to two years of free tuition to eligible in-state students at the Community College of Rhode Island.…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) -- New rules for collecting unemployment benefits are set to go into effect in Rhode Island this weekend, after Governor Dan McKee signed legislation into law Friday afternoon. While…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials on Thursday announced plans to start ramping down operations at some of the state’s mass vaccination sites in favor of smaller clinics - a day before most remaining coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Operations…
QUONSET, R.I. (WLNE) - President Joe Biden flew into Rhode Island on Wednesday morning on his journey to Connecticut for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement. Air Force One landed at Quonset State Airport just before 10 a.m. President Biden…
PROVIDENCE, RI (WLNE) - Rhode Island Department of Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green has asked Providence Public Schools Superintendent Harrison Peters to resign, according to a spokesperson. The…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- The Rhode Island General Assembly passed legislation Tuesday to increase the state's minimum wage to $15 over four years. Governor Dan McKee plans to sign the bill into law Thursday in an outdoor ceremony at the State…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – On Tuesday, Governor Dan McKee lifted the mask mandate in the Ocean State both indoors and outdoors at most places for fully vaccinated people. The announcement comes after the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - In order to enhance public safety, the state's Congressional delegation is looking to deliver federal resources to take legislative action to prevent gun violence. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island will no longer require residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to wear masks and socially distance in most public settings starting Tuesday, Gov. Daniel McKee announced Friday. The Democratic governor’s announcement came a day…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - As children aged 12 to 15 became eligible for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Rhode Island reached a milestone of 1,000,000 vaccines administered on Tuesday. The Department of Health reported 134 new positive cases of COVID-19. Of the 8,071 tests administered Monday, health officials collected a positivity rate of 1.7%. Additionally,…
