The R.I. law passed just before the US Senate removed a provision from the “Big Beautiful Bill” that would have prevented ...

Nearly a third of the ballots cast in the 2024 presidential election were submitted by mail, despite efforts to discourage ...

Eric Ulis is the second candidate to announce they’re challenging Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos for the Democratic ...

Not so with Democrat Francini Perez-Brito, 21, a Rhode Island College student originally from the Dominican Republic who went for Biden. “It was my first time voting, because I just became a U.S.

Former Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio had long opposed such legislation, warning that the state could lose revenue at ...

Shooting death suspect arrested 5 years later in Rhode Island By KOB Updated: June 18, 2025 - 6:58 AM Published: June 18, 2025 - 6:54 AM ...

Shelter Island voters gave the School District a resounding vote of confidence Tuesday, with 502 people approving the $13.285 million revised spending plan for the 2025-26 school year, to 125 who ...

Since 2018, Rhode Island has steadily employed about 15,000 nurses. That fluctuation between 21,700 nurses in 2015 and 33,000 in 2023 is a function of how the compact skews the data.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Rhode Island House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a $14.3 billion state budget for the 2026 fiscal year. The House voted 66-9 to approve the bill. A key ...

The University of Rhode Island women's basketball team's 2025-26 Atlantic 10 schedule includes home-and-home series against Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, Fordham, George Washington, and VCU.

Rhode Island legislation to repeal the payday lending law, allowing annualized interest rates of 260%, is progressing in the ...