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OPENING FOR HACKERS? The R.I. Board of Elections is studying whether modems added to voting machines in 2016 now represent a cybersecurity risk because they transmit encrypted data over the internet. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Election board votes to postpone R.I. presidential primary

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Board of Elections will ask Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to postpone the state’s presidential preference primary until June 2. The decision...
WHERE IT COUNTS: Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea, with the state’s ballot-counting machines. A task force is investigating whether the election system needs an upgrade to reduce its vulnerability to hackers.
 / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Modems could be weakness in securing R.I. elections

A statewide elections technology that was considered an upgrade as recently as 2016 is now viewed as a potential security problem. The modems added to...
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With June Speakman

Rep. June Speakman | Democrat, Bristol 1. You decided to seek office while working at Roger Williams University. How did that affect you as a...

RWU students comb through R.I. business data to create new picture...

PROVIDENCE – The Secretary of State's office and Roger Williams University business students have collaborated to create a large-scale, data-driven report on Rhode Island's...
HITTING THE PAVEMENT: Gubernatorial candidate Joseph A. Trillo, a former Republican state representative who has owned several manufacturing and retail businesses in Rhode Island, is running as an independent in the Nov. 6 general election. Trillo uses two buses and a truck to travel around the state and spread his message to voters.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In a year of highly partisan politics, can independents boost political...

From his lofty perch atop the Statehouse, the Independent Man seems like a lonely soul, but he really isn’t. With spear in hand, the statue...

Gorbea provides update on elections administration, cybersecurity improvements

PROVIDENCE – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea recently met with political and civic leaders to provide an update on improvements made in elections...
HOSPITALITY PROFESSIONALS AND RHODE ISLANDERS who helped to bring meetings and sporting event business to the Ocean State celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day at the Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau Ambassador award ceremony. PWCVB President and CEO Martha Sheridan (in black) and R.I. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea (in blue) are in the center of the front row. / COURTESY PWCVB

Nine honored by PWCVB for economic contribution

PROVIDENCE – At the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau annual Ambassador awards, held Thursday, nine Rhode Islanders were honored for their revenue- generating...

R.I. implements new statewide recycling program, education campaign

PROVIDENCE – The state and Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. are partnering with nonprofit Recycle Across America to begin implementing standardized labels on recycling...
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