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R.I.’s state payroll system failed to prevent some excess retirement plan...

Fifty state college and university employees were mailed corrected tax forms on the afternoon of April 15 – the very day they were due...

Clock starts to fill vacancy on R.I. Supreme Court. Will the...

The search is officially on for a new associate justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Gov. Daniel J. McKee on April 3 sent the...

How could Bally’s make up for smoking ban-related revenue loss? Bingo!

The music turned off and a hush fell over the crowd of 35 people seated at botanical print-covered tables in the Tiverton Senior Citizen...

Cannabis regulators back ban on THC drinks in R.I. bars and...

For a year, Rhode Island bars and restaurants had the opportunity to secure a license from the state’s now-defunct Office of Cannabis Regulation to...

Pothole damage from driving around R.I.? The state will pay only...

Twice in one month Antonio Lanni has heard the same sound coming from underneath his 2025 BMW M3: the hiss of air escaping the...

Truck tolling will likely have to wait until 2027, says R.I.’s...

Truck tolling will likely have to wait until 2027, R.I.’s interim transportation chief tells lawmakers. State transportation officials expect to resume tolling tractor-trailers to help...

Newport City Council sends stern message to McKee: No cruise ship...

Newport city officials say Gov. Daniel J. McKee never consulted them in crafting his plan to raise fees on visiting cruise ships, a move...

R.I. Coalition to End Homelessness hires new executive director 

After five months without a permanent leader, the Providence-based nonprofit tasked with collecting and analyzing the data on Rhode Island’s unhoused population has a...

Cannabis retail license distribution poses challenge for commission

State cannabis regulators have yet to decide how they will handle the awarding of up to 20 cannabis retail licenses to applicants chosen by...

Food pantry use broke record during government shutdown, report shows

More than 102,000 Rhode Islanders needed help putting food on the table when federal food benefits were halted last November during the government shutdown...
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