The Rhode Island lawmakers who aren’t running for reelection this year

Here’s a closer look at the representatives and senators who we know aren’t seeking reelection. Remember, the candidate declaration period begins Monday. House of Representatives (75 members) District 5 (Providence): Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, …

State shifting COVID resources – all of Rhode Island now “low risk”

National COVID assessment of each state and its level of risk – low, medium, or high – has now designated Rhode Island as low risk throughout its 5 counties. In addition, testing is most accessible in our own homes with free or low cost test kits widely …

Pacheco named new CEO and president of Special Olympics Rhode Island

Rhode Island Republican incentivizes illegal immigration as body count rises on chaotic southern border

Special to WorldTribune, June 23, 2022 Analysis by Joe Schaeffer, 247 Real News As a leading Republican in Rhode Island mouths inane platitudes about love for illegal alien neighbors, the morgue is filling up in a Texas county near the Mexican border. The …

Mohegan to host CT-Rhode Island hoops challenge

The New Canaan High School girls varsity golf team, including Amanda Vigano, Sofia Carlberg, Faith Hobbs, Carielle D’Elisa, Molly Mitchell, and coach Priscilla Schulz, won FCIAC and state championships this spring and will be playing in the Nationals at …

Rhode Island among states with strict gun-permitting laws considering next steps

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York state law that had restricted who could obtain a permit to carry a gun in public. Under the law in place since 1913, New York residents needed to show proper cause, or an actual need, to carry a …

Head of Rhode Island drug trafficking ring gets 15-year prison sentence

The leader of a large-scale drug trafficking organization that imported millions of doses of cocaine and fentanyl to several U.S. states has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, federal authorities in Rhode Island said. Juni Rafael Jimenez-Martinez, 47, a …

Rhode Island Family Is Fundraising for a Cure for 2-Year-Old's Degenerative Disorder: 'Hard to Watch'

"If she had the chance to grow up, she would be a smart, beautiful, kind woman," Loreen Pirnie says of her daughter Sage, who has the rare genetic neurological disorder INAD When Sage Pirnie was 16 months old, her mom Loreen noticed something odd …

US Supreme Court gun decision opens door on challenges to Rhode Island law

While the Supreme Court’s decision wasn’t expected to affect the new laws — to limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds, prohibit the open carry of long guns in public, and raise the age from 18 to 21 to buy long guns and ammunition — gun-rights advocates have …

Bally’s Creditors Hire Lawyers to Possibly Block Rhode Island Casinos Real Estate Deal

Posted on: June 23, 2022, 02:56h.  Last updated on: June 23, 2022, 04:12h. Bally’s (NYSE:BALY) creditors, led by Fidelity, have hired legal counsel in a bid to potentially block the gaming company’s plans to engage in a $1 billion sale-leaseback of its two …