PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s governor has signed an executive order establishing a commission responsible for finding at least $10 million in savings in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s current Democratic Party chairman is seeking re-election with no known challengers.

Warwick Rep. Joseph McNamara announced on Tuesday that “the ...

LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo says Rhode Island needs to invest more in its state parks and beaches.

Raimondo and her husband, Andy Moffit, joined Department of Environmental Management Director Janet Coit and environmental advocates at Lincoln Woods State Park ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo marked the anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, on Thursday by calling for stronger gun control laws in Rhode Island.

The Democratic governor and Democratic Attorney General Peter Neronha joined activists at the State ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Democrats have discussed several tax changes proposed in the governor’s budget during a meeting with local business leaders.

House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello said Wednesday during a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce forum he felt slightly positive ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Moderate Party is no longer recognized as a political party on Rhode Island ballots.

The Providence Journal reports that the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s bid to raise the state’s minimum wage is facing pushback from a state business group.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Thursday night on the Democratic governor’s bid to raise the minimum wage from $10.50 to $11.10 an ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has announced a new partnership with a nonprofit to help revamp the state’s high school curriculum.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is seeking to double the state’s tax on bottles and cans.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed an executive order aimed at curbing health care costs.

The Providence Journal reports the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s budget proposal could leave Providence with a $4 million hole in its current budget if it is approved by lawmakers later this year.

The Democratic governor’s proposal to cut the state’s payment-in-lieu-of-taxes program could leave ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — The state of Rhode Island is looking to find new uses for the Pawtucket Red Sox stadium now that the team is moving to Worcester, Massachusetts.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s governor, who heads the national Democratic Governors Association, is joining the chorus of politicians calling on Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign after a yearbook photo surfaced showing him in a racist costume.

Gov. Gina Raimondo ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence’s Roman Catholic bishop has criticized Catholic lawmakers and Gov. Gina Raimondo for their support of a bill that would codify Roe v. Wade protections in state law.

Bishop Thomas Tobin argues on Twitter that the expectation that the landmark Supreme Court ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A spokesperson for Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says the governor has “full confidence” in the director of the Department of Children, Youth and Families after union workers issued a vote of no confidence.

Union president Kathy McElroy previously said the group ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Senate pushed through three lifetime judicial confirmations following the refusal by legislators to make key documents in the trio’s nomination packets available to the public.

The Senate confirmed Richard Merola, Keith Cardoza and Susan Pepin Fay ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says she’s opposed to a major overhaul to the way colleges and universities handle sexual misconduct complaints proposed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

DeVos has proposed adding protections for students accused of assault and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Low-income housing advocates are pushing for legislation in the Rhode Island General Assembly that would bar discrimination against rental tenants receiving rental-assistance vouchers.

The bill would outlaw discrimination against any potential tenant on the basis of ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island business is closing permanently and the owner is blaming the weeklong natural gas outage that affected the Newport area.

Tim Johnson says he had to close his free-to-use Kid Corner children’s play space in Newport after a burst pipe during the gas outage ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has lowered estimated revenues from the state’s truck toll system by $34 million.

WPRI-TV reports the governor’s budget ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The state of Rhode Island is offering emergency loans of up to $25,000 for businesses that had to close because of a loss of natural gas service for a week.

Gov. Gina Raimondo announced the program Monday, saying “being without a week of revenue is very ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is pushing for an expanded “Amazon tax” to help shore up growing holes in the state budget due to lagging revenues.

The Democratic governor’s budget team is asking state lawmakers to pass legislation allowing Rhode Island to collect ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Utility company officials say they have restored gas service to more than 5,100 customers in Newport.

National Grid says that 80 percent of the roughly 6,400 impacted Newport customers have had their meters turned back on and their gas appliances re-lit as of Sunday ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo says the state has opened an investigation into a natural gas outage affecting residents and businesses in Newport and Middletown.

The Democratic governor told

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Board chairman has announced he is resigning amid conflict of interest concerns.

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CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s governor has announced a new initiative to fight hunger among the state’s school children.

Gov. Gina Raimondo, speaking at Monday’s Rhode Island Ministers Alliance Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast in Cranston, said her “No Student Hungry” ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island political, community and religious leaders plan to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state’s annual commemoration of the civil rights leader.

The public is invited to the event, beginning at 4 p.m. Monday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s budget is attempting to reform a loophole that has allowed a large number of sheriffs to remain out of work on injury leave for years with full pay.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo released a $9.9 billion state budget plan Thursday that closes the deficit, invests more in education and expands the sales tax.

The legislature will review the proposals and present its plan before the 2020 fiscal year begins in ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo proposes spending another $10 million in the next year to reach the goal of universal pre-kindergarten statewide.

The Democratic governor’s new initiative builds on an earlier promise to double the number of students reading at grade ...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — The bond rating for the Rhode Island Airport Corp., the agency that runs T.F. Green Airport, has been raised from BBB+ to A.

The corporation announced Tuesday that Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings also said the outlook is stable and it does not expect to raise the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo used her annual State of the State address to make the case for investments in job training and education before a joint session of the General Assembly Tuesday.

Raimondo wants to spend an additional $30 million on K-12 education, expand the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s attorney general and leaders of the state General Assembly are reacting with caution to Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo’s proposal to legalize recreational marijuana.

Attorney General Peter Neronha said Sunday that the proposal will require strong ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo will propose within the next week that Rhode Island legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational use, she said.

The state is facing the “inevitable” prospect of being encircled by states that have legalized recreational marijuana, she ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state of Rhode Island is looking to hire more prison guards and women and minorities are being encouraged to apply.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo said at the launch of the recruitment drive Wednesday that the state wants the diversity of correctional officers to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo and former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy will discuss the mental health needs of college students at an inaugural summit on the topic.

The RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner says that more than 150 leaders from state government, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s governor and general officers are hosting events to celebrate their inauguration.

They’re inviting the public to the State House for a free open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. It features a food and drink tasting, organized by Eat Drink RI. ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island leaders plan to focus on improving the state’s ailing public education system this year.

WPRI-TV reports that Gov. Gina Raimondo, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state’s minimum wage is going up, insurance companies will be required to cover all costs for a mastectomy and carbon monoxide detectors will be required in school buildings.

Those are among the new and updated laws taking effect in Rhode Island in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is about to be sworn into a second term in office.

The Democrat defeated Republican challenger Allan Fung in November’s election to secure another four years as the state’s chief executive.

Raimondo, Lt. Gov. Dan McKee and the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s governor has decided she’ll let the media into her inaugural gala after all.

The Providence Journal reports Democratic Gov. Gina ...

A retired bishop who led Roman Catholic dioceses in Delaware and Rhode Island has died. He was 88.

A statement posted on the Diocese of Providence’s website says former Bishop Robert E. Mulvee died on Friday at St. Antoine Residence in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, after a brief ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s governor created a committee on Friday to increase awareness about the 2020 census and motivate residents to respond.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo signed an executive order establishing the Rhode Island Complete Count Committee to ensure the census ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A 25-year veteran of the Rhode Island State Police who retired in 2015 is coming back to lead the agency.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo on Thursday announced the appointment of James Manni as superintendent of state police and director of public safety. He takes ...