Government

NEW BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) – Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled legislation Thursday aimed at overhauling the way Massachusetts State Police hires, promotes and disciplines troopers,...

NEW YORK – Savings for the top six United States banks from President Donald Trump’s signature tax overhaul accelerated last year, now topping $32...

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza publicly criticized the City Council’s finance committee this week for failing to recommend revisions to an existing ordinance...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island received $3.6 million in federal funding for suicide-prevention programs, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced on Wednesday. The grant, which comes from...

NEW YORK – Some of the hardest evidence yet indicates that the 2017 Republican tax law is pushing money and people from high-tax states...

PROVIDENCE – Improving affordable housing and public education and addressing climate change are among the top priorities for Rhode Island in 2020, Gov. Gina...

WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency announced that it had found a “critical vulnerability” in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating systems that could enable cyber...

PROVIDENCE (AP) – R.I. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is delivering her annual State of the State speech to lawmakers. The Democratic governor is scheduled to...

PROVIDENCE – The John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University is seeking businesses to participate in a trade mission to Germany...

PROVIDENCE – Roof-mounted solar panels now top 33 of the R.I. Public Transit Authority’s buses thanks to a partnership with R.I. Commerce Corp. and...