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Legislator: State should consider adding a dental school at URI
A Senate-led special legislative commission concluded in January that the University of Rhode Island is well-poised to open a public medical school on its Kingston...
Republican Guckian launches bid for governor
PROVIDENCE – Another Republican candidate has officially entered the 2026 gubernatorial race.
Aaron C. Guckian, 49, of East Greenwich, kicked off his campaign for governor of Rhode Island...
Poll: As winter heating costs rise, so does consumer anxiety in...
Feeling anxious about how to pay for your winter heating bill? You’re not alone, according to the latest Ocean State Poll from the University of New...
McKee’s popularity suffers in latest UNH poll
PROVIDENCE – The polls aren’t showing much momentum for Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s reelection campaign.
A new University of New Hampshire Ocean State Poll found...
Coogan reelected as Fall River mayor
FALL RIVER – Paul Coogan has secured another term in the mayor’s office.
The incumbent Democrat defeated Republican Gabriel “Boomer” Amaral Tuesday by 225 votes to secure reelection as...
Ethics panel: R.I. Senate President Valarie Lawson can lead Chamber despite...
Rhode Island’s ethics code does not explicitly prevent Senate President Valarie Lawson from leading the Chamber while also heading one of the state teachers...
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...
E.P. House candidate, Central Falls firefighters PAC fined for state campaign...
A former candidate for state representative and the political action committee for the Central Falls firefighters union have agreed to pay fines for violating...
Democrat Gabe Amo becomes R.I’s first Black candidate elected to Congress
Democrat Gabe Amo defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District seat Tuesday, becoming the state's first Black candidate elected to...
Are you more hopeful or less about the near-term future after...
After months of political candidates fighting it out in debates, through television ads and incessant text messages, the 2022 elections are all but over,...
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