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Inspector general search panel has only just begun. Already the end...
You could say Rhode Island’s search for its first inspector general began Tuesday afternoon. Or you could say the clock started 21 days ago.
A...
Cannabis panel appeals ruling halting license rollout after closed door meeting
The two-person R.I. Cannabis Control Commission and staff met behind closed doors for around an hour Tuesday morning to discuss last week’s federal court...
Truckers lose bid to be reimbursed for legal bills in RhodeWorks...
Rhode Island will receive around $200,000 out of the $9 million in legal fees it had requested from the association that sought to topple the state’s...
State’s ‘relevant market area law’ extends past border, R.I. Supreme Court...
Can a “relevant market area” in Rhode Island’s general law extend beyond the state’s borders?
A federal appeals panel in Boston posed this very question...
McKee signs four bills into law
Four new laws signed on June 6 by Gov. Daniel J. McKee aim to improve emergency care for heart attacks on golf courses, train lifeguards...
Constitutional convention could cost state $4.6M
Holding a constitutional convention in 2026 could cost Rhode Island as much as $4.6 million, should voters approve the ballot measure in November.
The potential...
RIDOT wants to know why no one filed a bid to...
State transportation officials hit two milestones last week in the continuing saga that is the replacement of the westbound Washington Bridge.
The R.I. Department of...
Senate confirms Salisbury for permanent director for Department of Corrections
Wayne Salisbury Jr. will continue to direct the R.I. Department of Corrections, the Senate confirmed in a 32-4 vote Thursday afternoon.
Voting against Gov. Daniel...
Constitutional conventions: A relic of old or a chance for reform?...
Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the state constitution?
The state’s House of Representatives Monday unanimously approved two resolutions sponsored by Judiciary...
‘Reckoning’ on Washington Bridge delayed: Forensic analysis now due next week...
Looks like the "day of reckoning" Gov. Daniel J. McKee promised might have to wait an additional week.
R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti...
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