Government

R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green has said she'll be counting on new partnerships with educational institutions, businesses and government or nonprofit agencies to help...

PROVIDENCE – Jeffrey Britt, a former paid consultant to House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello in his 2016 reelection campaign, has been charged with a...

PROVIDENCE – A federal case filed three years ago over food stamp benefit delays in Rhode Island has been dismissed after the state exceeded...

A messy debate has been unfolding in the halls of political power in Rhode Island over how the state should help small businesses with...

A 91-cent-an-hour pay increase for approximately 3,000 people who work directly with those with developmental disabilities in the state is welcomed, though more is...

This is how the Small Business Development Fund, as approved by the General Assembly, would work: The state would issue up to $42 million in...

The New York Times recently released a dramatic infographic showing how much less progressive the U.S. tax system has become since 1950. When the...

Fall River Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II’s decision to take a leave of absence and suspend his reelection efforts is good for that city’s...

Providence public schools will undoubtedly function better and produce better-educated students five years from now, the soonest a planned state takeover will end. But...

The defining questions of our time might be, how is America going to reduce inequality and reform its dysfunctional political institutions? At the national level,...