Sen. Valarie Lawson looks almost uncomfortable when she initially sits down for an interview in a third-floor Rhode Island ...

It's been almost four years since the DMV stopped accepting applications for new vanity plates, and there's lots of pent-up ...

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Globe’s Steph Machado and Jim Hummel, host of “A Lively Experiment” on RI PBS, talk ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said he plans to ask the General Assembly to raise the city's taxes above the 4% threshold.

Melissa DuBose has made history as the first Black and out LGBTQ+ judge to serve on the US District Court in Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island lost an unapologetic, tireless voice for the state's homeless and vulnerable residents with the death last month of outspoken advocate Ruth “Diamond” Madsen.

Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien was sworn in for his eighth term Monday night, and shared his pitch to keep Hasbro in Rhode Island. Years after the Pawtucket Red Sox left for Worcester, the city now ...

Bid-rigging: Speaking of Neronha, one of the surprise takeaways from the attorney general's years-long investigation of the $5.2 million education-consulting contract the McKee administration gave the ...

John Cena will be a professional wrestler. Here are some WWE Superstars that he has to face on his retirement tour.

A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of the country. It essentially disappeared after some food ...

Rhode Island police officer in front of the blood alcohol testing mobile unit (B.A.T. mobile). (courtesy: Rhode Island State ...

When is the right time for the state to return Providence public schools to local control? Mayor Brett Smiley says this ...