A colossal software overhaul of the University of Rhode Island’s administrative and payroll systems on track to launch next fall may need to change course after state officials asked university…

With $156 million in federal funding, Rhode Island is developing plans to transform healthcare in its rural communities.

Providence's new whistleblower hotline, SpeakUp!PVD, uncovered improper health insurance payments for a retired officer's ex-wife in its first year.

Republican candidates Vic Mellor and Stephen Skoly debated for Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District, clashing over MAGA loyalty and compromise.

Ahead of an upcoming CD2 Republican primary debate, Republican congressional candidate Vic Mellor has released documents to counter accusations made by his opponent Dr. Stephen Skoly about his militar...

Providence mayoral candidates are sharply divided over Question 7, a ballot measure that would limit city investments in countries committing severe human rights violations, with both opponents and pr...

A Greek bar and restaurant in Providence faces a dry September after the Rhode Island Supreme Court struck down a law that cleared the way for its liquor license. The ruling raises questions about the...

After more than 60 years, the "Missing Move" project promises to directly connect Interstate 95 and Route 4 in all directions. The national's top highway official was in Rhode Island Thursday to join ...

Rhode Island has confirmed its second Powassan virus case of 2026, a rare tick-borne illness that can cause severe neurological symptoms.

The four Democratic candidates for Rhode Island Attorney General squared off in their first TV debate Tuesday night at Roger Williams University School of Law, scrutinizing each other's past actions a...

Rhode Island election officials are working long hours to verify thousands of candidate signatures by Thursday’s 4 p.m. deadline. But proponents of an online nomination system, such as one used in Ari...

Rhode Island healthcare insurers are again seeking double-digit increases in premiums, fresh off record rate hikes in 2025. The surging costs, meant to keep insurers and healthcare providers solvent, ...

With controversial topics like charter schools and sex abuse claims against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence already decided — or preemptively killed in the case of a state Voting Rights Act —...

A bill imposing a three-year moratorium on new charter schools and reducing the statewide cap has passed the Rhode Island House. The legislation needs one more concurrence vote from the Senate before ...

Rhode Island was one of five states that ratified a pre-Civil War, Constitutional amendment that protected slavery as a states' rights issue. Now, 165 years later, the General Assembly is repealing it...

The iconic Crook Point Bascule Bridge in Providence is possibly a step closer to finding new life, due to the General Assembly's passage of legislation that would create the Crook Point Bridge Authori...

The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a Rhode Island federal judge's order blocking its attempt to secure sensitive medical records of transgender youth. The judge criticized DOJ's conduct in th...

Legislation to allow municipalities to OK expanded hours for indoor liquor service during the World Cup from June 11 through July 19 passed the Rhode Island House 60-8 on Tuesday, and the Senate versi...

Division on topic like housing, ICE, schools and the city’s political future emerged during a Brown University-hosted forum with Providence mayoral candidates Brett Smiley, David Morales, Michael Engl...

Rhode Island is now the fifth state to reel in what a federal judge in Providence on Friday morning called a “fishing expedition” by President Donald Trump administration’s to obtain sensitive voter…

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget would grow 1.75%, keep property tax rates flat, and add funding for schools, housing and city services.

Students from Alfred Lima Elementary School in Providence students came to the State House to champion legislation that would mandate a dedicated library and certified school librarian in every public...

Rhode Island lawmakers are weighing competing data center bills as town officials in Smithfield consider a local ban tied to a possible business park near the historic Hanton City area.

A bill heard by a Rhode Island Senate panel last week would fold funding for telephone hotlines used by pediatricians and family doctors to connect kids and parents to mental health treatment hotlines...

Rhode Island lawmakers are pushing a six-bill package aimed at protecting children from digital harms tied to social media, school tech and AI chatbots.

Online fundraising for 401Gives, Rhode Island’s day of giving, opens at 6 a.m. Tuesday and will remain open for 36 hours — about as long as the tumultuous period experienced by some participating nonp...

A U.S. Justice Department lawyer admitted in court Thursday that if Rhode Island hands over unredacted voter rolls, that data will be shared with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to check citi...

The psychoactive herb kratom can be legally sold in Rhode Island starting April 1 after winning the General Assembly’s approval last June. But Rep. Michelle McGaw, a Portsmouth Democrat and pharmacist...

A 17-bill Rhode Island Senate package for 2026 targets behavioral health crisis care, AI chatbot safeguards, pharmacy benefit managers and the state’s primary care workforce.

Rhode Island lawmakers are again weighing a bill to limit when courts and government agencies can compel disclosure of private keys tied to digital assets, identities and accounts.

Maine lobstermen landed 78.8 million pounds in 2025, maintaining the largest fishery in the state, even as the haul is down again from the year before.  According to preliminary data from the Maine De...

The Rhode Island Ethics Commission will hold a rare adjudication hearing on March 17 to publicly litigate findings of probable ethics violations by Jim Thorsen, the state's former director of administ...

Newport City Councilor and former mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong on Monday officially announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor, ending weeks of speculation. His campaign account has the lar...

There’s more than one way to poison a rat.But not all poisons are created equal, and some of the most popular rodenticides can wreak havoc higher up the food chain, killing the birds and mammals that…

Two Hasbro shareholders have voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit in Rhode Island federal court which accused executives of misleading investors about Magic: The Gathering printing and overproduction. The…

A 3-1 Rhode Island Supreme Court decision in favor of Cumberland and Newport settles a seven-year dispute over the interpretation of a state law amended 25 years ago governing the financial responsibi...

“Happy Land,” Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s historical fiction novel tracing an African American community in the hills of western North Carolina, is the 2026 statewide read for Reading Across Rhode Island w...

Johnston-based insurance giant FM is buying the downtown Providence building that houses the state’s lottery contractor formerly known as IGT, Fidelity Investments Inc. and The Capital Grille. The 202...

Tenants, landlords, and Providence city officials on Wednesday night debated costs and consequences of a proposed rent stabilization ordinance that would cap annual rent increases at 4% during a heari...

With a large contingent of state and local elected officials standing by, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves Tuesday released the names of the mother and son killed in the shooting at an ice rink i...

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha used the newly strengthened Pharmacy Audit Act to halt unannounced on-site audits by Prime Therapeutics at three independent pharmacies in the state, after ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said Monday that bodycam video, audio files, fire and police incident reports, and logs of phone calls now posted on the city’s website will be the final collection of re...

The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, a state vendor and major provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Rhode Island, has confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack in January.

Two Hasbro shareholders claim the Pawtucket-based toy giant printed too much product for its most lucrative holding, the trading card game Magic: The Gathering, while misrepresenting its strategy, acc...

Gov. Dan McKee’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget would remove GLP-1 drugs from Rhode Island’s Medicaid formulary for weight loss, saving $6.3 million in general revenue. Coverage of the drugs for wei...

The Governor’s AI Task Force on Wednesday released its first report offering a blueprint for how Rhode Island can stay competitive and use artificial intelligence responsibly and wisely.

Rhode Island’s state arts council is awarding $2.75 million in matching cultural facilities grants to 17 arts and culture organizations, with funding from a $10 million bond voters approved in Novembe...

The Providence City Council’s much-anticipated measure to regulate apartment prices has finally entered into public view, two days ahead of its formal introduction at Thursday's upcoming council meeti...

Helping Rhode Islanders afford health insurance, home energy bills and child care is an expensive proposition: nearly $15 billion in fiscal 2027 under Gov. Dan McKee’s budget proposal unveiled on Thur...