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A favorable diesel price lock that helped the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority narrow last year’s budget gap ended three months ago. But the financial woes facing the statewide bus agency from…

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…

U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose on Tuesday struck down Trump administration grant restrictions in a 2025 lawsuit brought by the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence against the De...

One third of Rhode Islanders will see their monthly health insurance costs rise in 2027 under premiums approved by the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner on Tuesday. The double d...

CNN, MS Now and Politico are asking a federal judge to extend protections for their White House reporters after the temporary order restoring their access expires Oct. 8.

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University of Rhode Island trustees on Friday unanimously approved a request to ask for a $20.3 million increase in the university’s fiscal year 2028 budget amid projections of an $8.1 million shortfa...

Democratic and Republican governors say they will more aggressively push back on federal overreach regardless of which party controls Washington. Earlier this month, the bipartisan National Governors ...

Attorney General Peter Neronha has given the new owners of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital until Friday to resubmit the required long-term strategic plan, after determini...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.  The $810 m...

A new study commissioned by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts found students who took four years of music classes had lower chronic absenteeism rates than peers who did not. The findings are ...

Rhode Island’s newly expanded expungement law could improve public safety by helping those who have old, nonviolent felony convictions overcome barriers to jobs and housing.

As backlash to Flock and other license plate-tracking cameras grows, some states are exploring limiting the technology. New Hampshire is already a decade ahead.

The Oct. 1 start date for the six-month period of higher electricity pricing for Rhode Island Energy customers coincides with the beginning of a separate set of company-issued refunds. The average…

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

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The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow rapid third-country deportations to continue after a federal appeals court required immigrants to have more time to challenge their remov...

The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process  puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new...

Strong winds, heavy rain, flooding and power outages are expected as an early-season nor’easter moves through Rhode Island this weekend. State officials and utility providers are urging the public to ...

Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos is tied with her Republican challenger, John Loughlin, according to a new University of New Hampshire survey. Meanwhile, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Helena Buonanno Foulkes ...

Rhode Island’s search for its first inspector general is down to three candidates: U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General David Harper, Capitol Police investigations chief James Kirdar and Palm Beach C...

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

The Senate Judiciary Committee examined concerns about the rapidly expanding Flock camera network, including privacy rights, warrantless tracking and the risk of false arrests based on inaccurate vehi...

Republican general treasurer nominee Micholas Credle called for greater transparency in Rhode Island’s financial management and pension system at a State House press conference Wednesday. Credle also ...

This fall, voters in at least nine states will decide whether to cut, cap or raise taxes through ballot measures that will give them a direct hand in steering state tax policy in a conservative or pro...

No single election will repair Congress. No single election will restore public confidence. But democracy was not designed to prevent change.

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed U.S.-Canada tensions, trade, healthcare and democracy during an hour-long discussion at Brown University Tuesday evening.

WASHINGTON — A New Hampshire federal judge seemed skeptical during a Tuesday hearing that a civil rights group could continue with a challenge to block President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redef...

An eight-state coalition filed lawsuits Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s payments to private companies to cancel offshore wind leases, escalating an ongoing legal battle over the governm...

Rhode Island redesigned public benefit notices, about 60,000 of which are mailed each month, to make Medicaid and other eligibility decisions clearer.

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

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A new United Way of Rhode Island report highlights the growing financial pressures facing working families across the state.

Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, now t...

A new United Way of Rhode Island report highlights the growing financial pressures facing working families across the state.

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An arbitrator has ruled that the head of the union representing police and firefighters at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport can return to work nearly two years after he was fired from the...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it’s helping manufacturers increase the supply of estrogen-based hormonal patches and acknowledged a current nationwide shortage as more women seek hormonal ...

Rhode Island's online payroll transparency portal hasn't been updated in nearly a year, surprising watchdogs and the public seeking state employee salary data.

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered Secretary of State Gregg Amore to preserve Rhode Island’s 2024 election records amid an ongoing lawsuit for the state's voter data.

Former Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Liz Tanner has been named interim vice president for workforce and institutional advancement at CCRI.

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The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate to 3.75%-4% as inflation remains elevated and soaring energy prices add pressure to the U.S. economy.

Rhode Islanders have until noon Thursday to comment on the six finalists seeking to become the state’s first inspector general. The contenders for the new statewide office will be interviewed by the s...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to depart Wednesday evening for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The extended “district wo...

Seven House Republicans joined Democrats to pass a War Powers Resolution seeking congressional approval for continued U.S. military action in Iran.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will take public comments through Oct. 13 on its plan to overhaul federal homelessness funding toward a treatment-based approach to housing, arguin...

Rhode Island's archery deer season started earlier in Zones 1 and 2, a change supported by new data from the Department of Environmental Management's deer population survey.