Unlike spending at the federal level, Rhode Island and its cities and towns are required to balance their budgets, so Providence must ensure that it can raise enough revenue to pay for all its ...

Hogg, who is also the vice chair of the DNC, recently said he would pledge millions to fund primary challengers for 'ineffective' Democrats.

PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed told a Jamestown town hall he would "absolutely" consider" going to El Salvador if it might help his Senate colleague Chris Van Hollen's effort to secure the release ...

Gretchen Dow Simpson, whose art graced New Yorker covers and Rhode Island highways, died on Friday, April 11. She was 85. Simpson took inspiration from both Pawtucket factories and Block Island ...

Eight Pawtucket firefighters are off the job after an internal investigation determined they "engaged in possible criminal ...

The Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, was given a target to cut $880 billion, he said. A cut of that magnitude would be "absolutely devastating" to the 75 million Americans, ...

A former employee of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Middletown is accused of making "menacing, and at times threatening, telephone calls" to former colleagues at the Rhode Island fleet support ...

Freshman Ameila Fries hit a game-tying triple in the top of the sixth inning, then scored on a Rosemarie Hayward single to take the lead and the Skippers held on for the victory. Gianna Amedeo struck ...

Moses Brown leaves no question about its rank as the state's second-best boys lacrosse team. Will this be the year the ...

The original Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908, and President Woodrow Wilson made it an official holiday in the U.S. in 1914. And the tradition holds strong today. When is Mother's Day, ...

Developer Paul Marks talks about turning the former St. Teresa of Avila Church in Olneyville into apartments.

The full moon in May will reach peak illumination at 12:56 p.m. on Monday, May 12, according to the Farmer's Almanac. A full moon can be seen clearly with the naked eye.