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EARLY START: The Special Legislative Commission to Study Housing Affordability holds a hearing at the Statehouse in December, weeks ahead of the the 2026 legislative session. Testifying before the commission are Randy R. Rossi, left, Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns executive director, and Ashley Sweet, immediate past president of the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Planning Association. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MINDING THE GAP: Deficit projection narrows, but fiscal risk factors...

Cover Story 01/02/2026

State budget officials are projecting that the government will enter the new year facing a fiscal 2027 budget deficit of $101 million. For Rhode Island...

Big drama over Big Pharma: McKee still linking Foulkes to opioid...

Elections 12/09/2025

Rhode Island Gov. Daniel J. McKee continues to attack 2026 Democratic rival Helena Buonanno Foulkes for her personal and professional ties to the pharmaceutical...

McKee’s popularity suffers in latest UNH poll

Editor's Choice 11/25/2025

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...

Restaurant owner announces 2026 gubernatorial bid

Elections 11/13/2025

PROVIDENCE – Another candidate has entered the 2026 gubernatorial race. Gregory D. Stevens, who owns Pat’s Italian Restaurants in Coventry, Cumberland and Johnston, will join incumbent Gov....

UNH Poll: Foulkes leading McKee in Democratic gubernatorial primary race

Editor's Choice 09/30/2025

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s reelection campaign is off to a slow start. The University of New Hampshire’s latest Ocean State Poll surveyed 737...

McKee has sizable lead over Kalus in Boston Globe/ Suffolk University...

Elections 10/11/2022

PROVIDENCE – Another poll shows Democratic Gov. Daniel J. McKee with a sizable lead over Republican Ashley Kalus, one month out from the November...

Election 2022: McKee touts economic progress in bid for full term

Economic Activity 09/02/2022

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth in an occasional series of stories speaking with this year's gubernatorial candidates about their economic vision for Rhode...

Foulkes leads Q2 gubernatorial fundraising, but McKee closes quarter with most...

Elections 08/02/2022

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee is the gubernatorial candidate with the most money in his campaign account as of the end of June,...

8 candidates to appear on R.I. gubernatorial ballot

Elections 07/25/2022

PROVIDENCE – Eight candidates, including five Democrats, two Republicans and one independent, gathered the required 1,000 signatures needed to appear on the ballot in...