PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island House of Representatives passed a bill in a sweeping vote to bring back happy hour. Happy hour has been banned in Rhode Island since the 1980s…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island House passed a bill with a sweeping vote on Tuesday to bring back happy hour. Happy hour has been banned in the state since 1985 due to concerns over drunk driving. Under this legislation,…
PROVIDENCE, RI (WLNE) - One of eight states in the nation to pass on happy hour, the state of Rhode Island is now considering bringing back the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden on Thursday evening signed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Congress had passed the bill earlier Thursday. The back-to-back…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3, and sent the bill to President Joe Biden. The back-to-back votes by the Senate…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage. The new president’s vision…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers tacked on a…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Restaurants across the country are feeling the effects of COVID-19, and in Rhode Island, it’s take-out only. Los Andes Restaurant in Providence…
BOSTON (WLNE/AP) - First responders would be allowed to treat and transport injured police dogs to veterinary hospitals under a proposal being considered by Massachusetts lawmakers. First responders w
Federal law has overtime pay for firefighters kick in after 53 hours per week, but these new bills create a stricter standard at the state level.
After hours of debate and last minute changes, a huge victory for Senate Republicans late last night, voting to pass its version of a major tax reform bill.
By: Melissa Randall News@abc6.com Twitter: @MelissaARandall Fast food workers here in Rhode Island will join 100 cities across the country to fight for higher minimum wages. That's double the amount
Panel files final version of Mass. casino bill BOSTON (AP) - A key legislative panel has unveiled a final version of a bill that would license three resort style casinos and one slots parlor in
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Gov. Dan McKee and the First Family are holding Rhode Island's annual State House holiday celebration and tree lighting next week. "The holiday season is the most festive time of year, and the State House Holiday…
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters next year could be asked to weigh in on more than two dozen proposed ballot questions submitted to the state attorney general’s office Wednesday, although if history is any guide only a handful will likely…
MADRID (AP) — John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax…
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook described the company’s ironclad control over its mobile app store as the best way to serve and protect iPhone users, but he faced tough questions about competition issues from a judge…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism. But he…
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns $9.85 an hour as a McDonald’s cook in Houston,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers accused Democrats of waging a campaign of “hatred” against the former president as they sped through their defense of his actions and fiery words before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ani Sirois, a respiratory nurse, has spent months caring for coronavirus patients at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, and she’s only getting busier as infections — and hospitalizations — surge before the holidays. But on a recent…
