The future of the mayor of Fall River remains in limbo — as the city council prepares to consider next week whether he should stay in office. Jasiel Correia is facing federal charges that he defrauded investors of roughly a quarter million dollars.
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Fall River Mayor Says He’s Innocent And Will Not Resign
Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia is insisting he’s innocent after being charged with defrauding investors in a company he started before he became mayor. Correia gave a presentation to reporters at City Hall Tuesday morning.
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RI Governor Debate – Live Video
Watch the debate among candidates for Governor of Rhode Island
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North Atlantic Right Whale Meeting Wraps Up With Recommendations For Reducing Entanglements
Members of the lobster industry and environmentalists are asking federal regulators to improve a plan meant to reduce the likelihood of North Atlantic right whales getting entangled in commercial fishing lines, which can cause them to die. The whales are an endangered species. There is only about 450 of them left, and last year, more […]
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Election Poll: Democrats Raimondo, Whitehouse Lead GOP Rivals By Double-Digit Margins
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has a 14-point lead over her closest rival, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, while U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has a 24-point advantage over Republican challenger Robert Flanders, according to a new poll done for Rhode Island Public Radio, The Providence Journal and ABC6. When asked who they would support if the […]
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Danish Renewable Energy Company Agrees To Buy RI-Based Deepwater Wind
A renewable energy company from Denmark has agreed to buy Rhode Island-based Deepwater Wind, developer of the first offshore wind farm in the country off of Block Island. Orsted, which developed the first offshore wind farm in the world back in 1991, plans to buy Deepwater Wind for $510 million. The move comes after both […]
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Scott MacKay Commentary: What The RI Right Can Learn From Progressives
Rhode Island conservatives and Republicans are bemoaning the leftward turn of the state’s Democratic Party. Political analyst Scott MacKay begs to disagree.
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Bob Woodward: Americans Have Become Numb To President Trump
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward told a group of Rhode Island business leaders that close associates of President Trump consider him a threat to national and economic security, but that Americans have become numb to the Trump administration. Woodward spoke about his 19th book, Fear: Trump in the White House, during the 75th annual meeting […]
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RI Health Officials OK Fast-Track Review For Care New England-Partners HealthCare Deal
Rhode Island health officials have granted approval for a fast-track regulatory review of Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare’s proposed takeover of Care New England. The approval, signed Friday by Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, means state health regulators will have 90 days, as opposed to the usual 120 days, to review Rhode Island’s largest ever hospital merger. Care New […]
