Central Falls News

The mayor of Central Falls has nominated former Rhode Island State Police Superintendent Brendan Doherty to lead the governing board at the Donald Wyatt Detention Facility.

The city of Providence is a very diverse place. In fact, it's over 62% minority, making it a so-called "minority majority" city.

A man charged in connection with a robbery outside a Pine Street pub last month was ordered held without bail Friday.

Every Friday, Dan Lawlor breaks down who's rising and who's falling in the world of Rhode Island politics.

Young Democrats from throughout New York and New England will attend the Young Democrats of America's Northeast Regional Conference Saturday.

A bill calling for a city-wide dress code policy in Central Falls schools will be considered by the House Committee on Health, Education, & Welfare Wednesday.

Rhode Island would create a unit within state government tasked with rooting out Medicaid and public assistance fraud and waste under legislation that passed the state Senate on Tuesday.

Latest statistics show that 23,000 Rhode Island children under the age of eighteen lived in extreme poverty in 2012.

On a Monday morning many years ago, Jacinto Benros' parents were dressed in their finest clothing as if they were going to a party.

The unavoidable suspicion is that the timing of the latest union-commissioned poll, that claims that 85% of Rhode Island teachers "believe Gist's contract should not be renewed," has much to do with Gist's new contract negotiations and that the poll's "findings" are just the latest example of union bullying, blatant media propaganda aimed at ... (more)

Rhode Island's governor has picked a former leader of the state Senate for a vacant seat on the Superior Court.

Mayor James A. Diossa announced Thursday that he is extending City Hall hours twice a month and will meet with residents "one-on-one'' in his second-floor office to discuss issues affecting their lives.

They drove to Virginia, bought tens of thousands of dollars worth of cigarattes each with a 35 cent per pack tax in that state, brought them back to Rhode Island with its $3.50 per pack tax and made huge profits.

Governor Chafee hugs Viola Davis after giving her a Making A Difference Award Wednesday at the 28th Annual Rhode Island Tourism Unity Luncheon held this year at Twin River in Lincoln.

KAZARIAN SPEAKS UP IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE State House, Rhode Island April 29 2013 STATE HOUSE - Rep.

Thanks to an outpouring of generosity from Bank Rhode Island customers and staff, the bank's book drive in partnership with Books Are Wings was an overwhelming success.

City Council - The City Council meets Monday night, 7 p.m. at City Hall in Harris Hall , 169 Main St., taking up an ordinance creating incentives for solar energy investment and abatement of taxes for two properties.

The R.I. Department of Education announces the availability of funds and requests Letters of Interest from qualified vendors to expand the Rhode Island Pre-Kindergarten Program, with the goal of building and sustaining the expansion of a diverse delivery system of high-quality, state-funded prekindergarten programs across the state.

Police have charged a Central Falls couple with manufacturing and distributing cocaine from their first-floor apartment at 83 Ledge St.

The resume for Education Commissioner Deborah Gist was enhanced this week when a union-commissioned poll claimed that 85% of Rhode Island teachers "believe Gist's contract should not be renewed." Only in the sophomoric world of organized labor is it notable whenever employees are found to get this dislike their boss.