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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Two days after Providence’s City Council Chambers were controversially opened to the city’s homeless population, the council was back in those same chambers demanding Gov. Dan McKee declared a public health emergency. A non-binding resolution passed by the council urged the governor to declare homelessness in Rhode Island a State of Emergency. Councilors Justin Roias and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Gov. Dan McKee held a press conference Friday giving an update on the data breach of the RIBridges system.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Governor Dan McKee took questions on the state of the Washington Bridge on Monday, one day before he was set to deliver his ‘State of the State’ address.

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LINCOLN, R.I. (WLNE) — One day after Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee’s 2025 State of the State address, he responded to criticism of his unique strategy to enhance gun control measures. “This year, I’m sending a budget to the general assembly that, for the first time, will include a ban on assault weapons,” McKee said in his address. Senate Minority...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Gov. Dan McKee released his proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget Thursday.

LINCOLN, R.I. (WLNE) — A Lincoln woman will a very special gift for her 85th birthday: a trip to Washington D.C. for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

A man was killed in a stabbing on Bailey Court on Jan. 20, 2025. (WLNE)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A man was killed in a stabbing Monday night in Providence. The Providence Police Department said a 36-year-old man was fatally stabbed in an apartment on Bailey Court. Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said a suspect was in custody after the stabbing. Both...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — A man was killed and several others taken to the hospital after a devastating fire in New Bedford. The violent flames ripped through a multi-family home Monday afternoon around 1 p.m. New Bedford resident Harry Parsons was working when he heard about what happened. He said he immediately called his 13-year-old grandson, who lived in...

TAUNTON, Mass. (WLNE) — A 14-year-old boy was seriously hurt in a violent motorbike crash in Taunton on Tuesday. Resident Carlos Vieira said it happened right in front of his home on Route 138. “I saw the kid on the floor, he was barely breathing,” Vieira said. “It was not a good scene to see.” The crash was caught on...