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Federal judge clears path for R.I. cannabis retail license process to...

A federal court order that blocked Rhode Island regulators from awarding cannabis retail licenses is now lifted, clearing the way for a new application...

Dems ramp up TV ad spending in AG primary race

The television campaign in Rhode Island’s four-way Democratic attorney general primary is growing as a second candidate debuted ads Wednesday, while another reserved airtime...

Shekarchi is on list of R.I. Supreme Court potential nominees, but...

Two judges, a state prosecutor, an appellate litigator who has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, and former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi made...

Judge’s ruling in Shekarchi’s bid to quash ethics probe expected in...

WARWICK – The fate of the state Ethics Commission’s investigation into whether former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi can join the R.I. Supreme Court...

R.I. federal judge denies Trump’s emergency stay request in asylum application...

A Rhode Island federal judge on Wednesday left intact his ruling from last month blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on processing asylum applications from...

Mount Hope Bridge inspection made public as Bristol fights to keep...

Despite cracked concrete, corroded steel, leaking expansion joints, broken anchor bolts, worn bearings, potholes and dozens of other deficiencies, the Mount Hope Bridge “continues...

Judge’s ruling pauses ethics probe of Shekarchi

A Superior Court judge has temporarily halted the R.I. Ethics Commission’s investigation into former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s application for a vacancy on...

Homelessness groups sue again in R.I. to block Trump’s latest HUD...

Three days after a Rhode Island federal judge struck down one version of the Trump administration’s homelessness grant rules, a coalition of communities and...

RIDOT picks the company that will restart R.I.’s truck tolls

The long-awaited return of truck tolls is still on track for 2027, albeit a little later than the R.I. Department of Transportation had promised.  The...

Virginia education group files ethics complaint against R.I. Senate president

A Virginia-based organization known for mounting legal challenges to DEI initiatives and LGBTQ-inclusive school policies across the country has filed an ethics complaint against R.I....
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