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Gov's son pleads no contest to charges

May 18, 2012 3:09 PM

The 18-year-old son of Gov. Lincoln Chafee has pleaded no contest to accusations he tried to buy beer at a liquor store last month.

May 18, 2012 6:53 PM
Chafee: No more tax money to 38 Studios

Curt Schilling's video game company is far from out of the woods despite making an overdue $1.125 million...

May 18, 2012 1:11 PM
Concerns about Schilling's 38 Studios

The financial situation at former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling's 38 Studios is raising alarm bells at the...

May 18, 2012 1:11 PM
Schilling: 'We will find a way'

Amid the controversy surrounding his Providence-based video game company, Curt Schilling has sent a message...

May 18, 2012 3:45 PM
RI taypayers not on the hook yet

While 38 Studios has injected $17M into RI’s economy, taxpayers haven't paid a dime, yet.

22 states join campaign finance fight

May 20, 2012 9:28 AM

Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock is seen at an event in which he announced the start of his 2012 gubernatorial campaign on in this Sept. 7, 2011 file photo taken in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.

May 16, 2012 10:53 AM
George W. Bush unlikely in Romney bid
After months of silence, George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race. "I'm for Mitt...

May 16, 2012 8:44 AM
Romney wins Nebraska, Oregon primaries
Nebraska and Oregon Republicans, as expected, have made clear their preference for the GOP nomination...

May 14, 2012 3:51 PM
Ron Paul ends active campaigning
Ron Paul, the congressman from Texas and a favorite of tea partyers, effectively ended his presidential...

May 14, 2012 8:35 AM
Obama seeks to undercut Romney on jobs
President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern...

Nesi's Notes

May 20, 2012 5:00 AM
Watch Newsmakers with Cook’s Jennifer…

May 19, 2012 9:56 AM
The Saturday Morning Post: Quick hits on…
I’ve got good news and bad news this Saturday here in my weekly column. The good news is I think WPRI 12 did a pretty…

May 18, 2012 7:51 PM
38 Studios tweets preview of game funded…
Just a few hours after Governor Chafee said the release date of 38 Studios’ video game “Project Copernicus”…

Newsmakers

May 19, 2012 11:22 AM
Newsmakers 5/18: Cook's Jennifer Duffy
This week on Newsmakers: Jennifer Duffy of the Cook Political Report and WPRI 12 political analyst Joe Fleming.

May 19, 2012 11:15 AM
Newsmakers 5/11: Angel Taveras
This week on Newsmakers: Providence Mayor Angel Taveras.

May 5, 2012 12:56 PM
Newsmakers 5/4: Marshall, Schneider
This week on Newsmakers: director and RISD student Julian Marshall and former Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.

U.S. Congressional News

May 18, 2012 3:56 PM
Edwards trial will resume Monday
A jury deliberated for about five hours Friday over whether John Edwards broke campaign finance laws and the panel made…

May 18, 2012 2:58 PM
House OKs $642 billion defense bill
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks…

May 18, 2012 10:47 AM
House OKs detention of suspects
A divided House on Friday endorsed the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even for U.S. citizens…

Rhode Island (change)

Gov. Lincoln Chafee, the first independent in his position, has his work cut out for him: fix the state's finances and help 66,000 unemployed Rhode Islanders get back to work.

Offices & Officials

Governor: Lincoln Chafee
Lieutenant Governor: Elizabeth Roberts
Attorney General: Peter Kilmartin
State Treasurer: Gina Raimondo
Secretary of State: Ralph Mollis

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