Central Falls News

"Well my landlord had to raise my rent because his has gone up three times in the past three years.

PROVIDENCE _ Legislation is winding through the state Senate that would provide tax breaks in Central Falls to commericial and residential property owners who make substantial improvements to their holdings.

Test scores are up. So are graduation rates. But the gap between white students and those who are minorities, have disabilities, or are not native English speakers has either stagnated or worsened in the four years that Deborah Gist has been at the helm of the Rhode Island Education Department.

Steven Bianchini started Stevie B's Deli March 1 of this year, but he said his experience goes back a lot farther than that.

"Hypothetically, in an alternate universe, if you were governor," a college-age guy with tousled hair is asking Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, "if you were sent a bill that would regulate and tax marijuana, would you be willing to sign that bill?" It's Saturday morning at the Rhode Island Convention Center and Taveras - the Honorary Chair of ... (more)

Eight people were forced to flee their three apartments after a two-alarm fire swept through their three-story building around 7 p.m Tuesday.

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.