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‘We’re just getting started’: McKee vows to keep up momentum in...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee was sworn in Tuesday for his first full term as the state’s chief executive.  Characterizing his new term as...
STATE LEADERS ARE in a good financial position with a $610 million surplus projected for fiscal 2023, but some say a lot of that money is because several state agencies have been understaffed and overworked. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

Some R.I. officials say job vacancies a big part of projected...

The projected $610 million budget surplus awaiting the General Assembly and the administration of Gov. Daniel J. McKee has been the subject of speculation...

New year brings new laws

PROVIDENCE – A number of business-related laws previously passed by the General Assembly will take effect on Jan. 1.  Among them is a 75-cent raise...

New weight limit on Mt. Hope Bridge may ‘crimp’ freight transport

PROVIDENCE – For years, the maximum weight allowed per vehicle crossing the 6,000-foot-long Mount Hope Bridge was 40 tons, or 80,000 pounds.  But updated federal...

Roger Williams Zoo announces birth of endangered kangaroo

PROVIDENCE – Staff at the Roger Williams Park Zoo had a secret to keep since June 27 after the zoo had welcomed the birth...
TRAVELERS WAIT in long lines at Los Angeles International Airport's Southwest Airlines ticket counter on Monday. The low-cost carrier had to cancel thousands of flights in recent days, including 18 flights at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick on Tuesday and another nine flights scheduled for Wednesday. / AP PHOTO/EUGENE GARCIA

Widespread flight cancellations affect operations at T.F. Green

WARWICK – A deadly weekend storm that brought power outages and freezing temperatures is continuing to wreak havoc on travel plans as flight delays...

Storm brings heavy winds and coastal flooding ahead of projected deep...

PROVIDENCE – Power outages continue throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts as utility crews respond to the winter storm that brought high winds and coastal...
GUIDED TRIPS: Dr. Christy Capone, left, and Dr. Erica Eaton, are among the Brown University researchers who will be studying the use of psychedelics during the therapy sessions with military veterans who have mental health issues. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Brown University study to examine benefits of psychedelics in therapy

Dr. Christy Capone sees a lot of hope in psychedelic drugs that give users mind-altering experiences that can change moods and perceptions. Capone, an assistant...

Electric Boat awarded additional $5.1 billion for Navy submarine construction

NORTH KINGSTOWN - The U.S. Navy on Wednesday announced an additional $5.1 billion modification to the contract awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat for...

R.I. Senate leadership eyes school funding reform

PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, D-R.I., and newly elected Majority Leader Ryan W. Pearson, D-R.I., say their primary focus in the upcoming...
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