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More than 24 states sue Trump administration after it put conditions...

Economic Activity 07/24/2026

BOSTON (AP) – More than two dozen states, including Rhode Island, on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election...

DOJ sues Rhode Island over college tuition benefits for noncitizens

Economic Activity 07/01/2026

The U.S. Department of Justice on June 29 added Rhode Island and Massachusetts to the list of states it is suing over higher education...

PBN unveils 2026 Book of Lists

Economic Activity 01/16/2026

PROVIDENCE – Representatives from a cross section of Rhode Island’s business and nonprofit sectors spent Thursday evening at the Graduate by Hilton Providence networking...

U.S. DISTRICT COURT Judge John McConnell Jr. issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal funds until "further order of this Court" in Providence on Friday. / COURTESY U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Federal judge in R.I. agrees to temporarily block federal funding freeze

Economy 01/31/2025

The prospect of a federal funding freeze was put on ice by a federal judge in Rhode Island Friday afternoon. “The states have put forth...

PROVIDENCE and Central Falls have won a challenge to conditions of U.S. Department of Justice that would have tied public safety grants to immigration policy. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Judge rules in favor of cities in suit over grant conditions

Government 11/15/2019

PROVIDENCE (AP) – A federal judge has sided with two Rhode Island cities that challenged the conditions of U.S. Department of Justice public safety...

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