"Nothing ever happens to these people," insists Scituate Deputy Police Chief Stephen B. Lang. "Where's the deterrent? All they get is another slap on the wrist."
A look at the number of repeat license suspensions in Scituate, Johnston
Vehicle fatalities climb in Rhode Island
R.I. highway deaths call out for seatbelt use, officials say
Uncle Sam will now be paying just about anybody, it seems, to buy a house.A new federal law will make many homebuyers eligible for a special federal income-tax break. As a result, many people who buy a home will get a onetime payment -- of as much as $8,000 -- from the federal government, in the form of a federal income-tax credit.
LINCOLN -- A Massachusetts man with a violent past, Arjusz Roszkowski, 26, of North Reading, was shot in the face when he tussled with an undercover state police detective during a sting at Lincoln Woods State Park early Friday afternoon, the state police said.
Convicted money launderer Stephen Saccoccia sits in a West Virginia federal penitentiary for what amounts to a life sentence and says he is destitute. Maybe that's true. But the U.S. government has continued to hunt for his assets to satisfy a $136.3 million forfeiture order.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri, reversing more than a year of work by his own staff and the state's largest recreational fishing organization, has vetoed a proposed $7 state license for saltwater fishing. He called it "excessively intrusive."
Your turn: React to Carcieri's veto of legislation requiring saltwater fishing licenses for Ocean Staters
SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A preschool teacher who is 23 weeks pregnant, Danielle Rocheleau considered it a necessity to get vaccinated against swine flu.
Nation's jobless rate tops 10 percent for first time since '83
Obama signs homebuyer, jobless bill assistance
More stimulus money in R.I. for energy programs
Extra: Find out more about extended unemployment benefits in R.I.
Rhode Islanders: Find the date for the H1N1 swine flu clinic at your school (last updated 10/30/2009):
Download H1N1 School Vaccination Consent Form - English | Spanish | Portuguese
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