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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The mayor of Providence says he is concerned about using a standardized test to determine whether high school students are ready to graduate. Full story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The mayor of Providence says he is concerned about using a standardized test to determine whether high school students are ready to graduate. Full story
Angry landlords voiced their displeasure with a tax proposal from Providence mayor Angel Taveras at a city council hearing Wednesday night. Full story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Residents in Woonsocket are a step closer to seeing their taxes go up. Full story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Lawyers for Curt Schilling and architects of a state deal to give his now-bankrupt video game company a $75 million loan guarantee are set to argue for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against them by Rhode Island's economic development agency. Full story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Providence man has been ordered held after being arrested for allegedly delivering thousands of Ecstasy pills. Full story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence says it has raised enough money to keep the state's only emergency homeless shelter open through the summer. Full story
Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Angel Taveras tells MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about the “big idea” that won his city $5 million in prize money from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “Mayors’ Challenge.”
From the Archives: NBC’s John Chancellor, David Brinkley, Brian Ross, John Sweeney and Robert Hager from Boston, Providence and New York on the catastrophic blizzard that hit in February 1978.
NBC News meteorologist Bill Karins brings us the latest on a severe winter storm that is expected to dump roughly two feet of snow on the Northeast on Friday, February 8, 2013.
A few fans of The Who were rewarded today for keeping their ticket to the cancelled 1979 show in Providence, Rhode Island as they were allowed to exchange their unused ticket for a seat to the band’s upcoming Quadrophenia show in February. WJAR’s Bill Rappleeye reports.
Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox, right, embraces his partner Marcus LaFond after vote to pass a gay marriage bill at the State House in Providence, R.I., Thursday, May 2, 2013.
People hug on the dance floor during a celebration at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel after the Marriage Equality Act was signed into law in Providence, Rhode Island May 2, 2013. Rhode Island lawmakers gave final approval to a bill to legalize gay marriage on Thursday, making it the 10th U.S. state to exten
Lise Iwon holds a picture of her late partner of 32 years Peg Laurence during a Marriage Equality Act signing at the State House in Providence, Rhode Island, May 2, 2013. Rhode Island became the 10th U.S. state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES -
Senator Donna Nesselbush embraces a supporter after the Marriage Equality Act was signed into law at the State House in Providence, Rhode Island, May 2, 2013. Rhode Island became the 10th U.S. state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITI
