Hundreds chant ‘Coward!’ amid Paul Ryan’s Rhode Island visit

Around 200 people chanted “Coward!” and booed as Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan was attending an event in heavily Democratic Rhode Island FILE – In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington before President Donald Trump’s speech to the nation. Ryan is scheduled to visit Democratic-leaning Rhode Island.

North Providence planners OK $30M public-safety building

North Providence’s planning board has passed a preliminary plan to build a $30-million public-safety complex that would house the traffic court and most of the town’s police and fire operations. The Providence Journal reports the plan for the 52,000-square-foot building was approved Wednesday night.