President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.”… MORE
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Investigation: Governor's chief of staff did not break law
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee’s former chief of staff did not break the law when he personally involved himself in efforts to secure approval to develop some wetlands he had a financial interest in, but he did show “poor judgment,” state Attorney General Peter Neronha said in a report released Wednesday.… MORE
President Biden to visit Massachusetts
President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday to promote his efforts to combat climate change. … MORE
Rhode Island sues 5 landlords over alleged lead hazards
Rhode Island has sued five more landlords who rent properties in which children with lead poisoning live, the state attorney general said Monday.… MORE
Highway administrator tours Routes 6 & 10 project
The long-running, $410 million project to overhaul the highway interchange between Routes 6 and 10 through the Olneyville section of project got a visit Thursday from a top federal transportation official, as Stephanie Pollack talked up construction funded in the bipartisan infrastructure law signed by President Joe Biden.… MORE
Contractor who cheated IRS to spend weekends behind bars
A Rhode Island drywall contractor who according to authorities played a key role in cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $2.8 million by paying some workers in cash was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation, although he will serve some time behind bars, prosecutors said.… MORE
Lawmaker suspended from TikTok defends twerking video
A state senator in Rhode Island who was suspended from TikTok after posting a video in which she twerked while doing a handstand in a bikini says she has no regrets.… MORE
Overnight standoff with armed man ends peacefully
An armed man who barricaded himself inside a Rhode Island home overnight surrendered peacefully on Thursday morning, authorities said.… MORE
RI Philharmonic's conductor Tovey dies
Conductor and composer Bramwell Tovey, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal conductor and and artistic director died at his home in Barrington on Tuesday, one day after his 69th birthday, according to the orchestra.… MORE
Cat on the lam: Pet caught after weeks on the run at airport
A beloved pet cat that’s been dodging airport and airline personnel as well as animal experts since escaping from a pet carrier at Boston’s Logan International Airport about three weeks ago has finally been caught. … MORE
