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HANGING HANDS: Roger Williams Medical Center was one of two troubled Rhode Island hospitals – the other was Our Lady of Fatima – purchased by the nonprofit Centurion Foundation in 2026 after taking several years trying to line up financing and obtain approvals. 
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R.I. healthcare system struggles to make recovery

Massive cuts to insurance, persistent staffing shortages and widespread financial woes continue to vex Rhode Island’s healthcare system in 2026, though the Ocean State...
PAINFUL PINCH POINT: The Washington Bridge debacle has dogged state officials since half of the bridge was shut down in December 2023 because it was in danger of collapse. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

For the state officials, it’s been one drama after another

Gov. Daniel J. McKee, a former lieutenant governor who became the state’s chief executive when two-term Gov. Gina M. Raimondo was tapped as U.S....
Martha L. Wofford

Driving Forces: Martha L. Wofford

Martha L. Wofford Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO and president IN MANY WAYS, the direction of Rhode Island’s healthcare sector depends heavily...

Neronha urges regulators to reject Rhode Island Energy’s proposed profit increase

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is urging state regulators to reject Rhode Island Energy’s proposed profit increase and more than $200...

R.I. judge tosses Trump’s latest attempt to reconfigure federal homelessness programs

A Rhode Island federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from siphoning federal funds from no-strings-attached housing for formerly homeless individuals. In a pair...

Democrat challengers Foulkes, Khamsyvoravong widen cash leads over incumbents in Q2

With less than a month before early voting begins for Rhode Island state and local primaries, candidates are pounding the pavement and packing in...

Neronha, coalition sue over Trump administration’s new tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) – Twenty-five states, including Rhode Island, sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import...

Search for Rhode Island’s first-ever inspector general is almost on

The five-member Inspector General Independent Advisory Commission agreed Wednesday to open applications for the state’s newest statewide position on Aug. 3. They’ll close on...

Dems ramp up TV ad spending in AG primary race

The television campaign in Rhode Island’s four-way Democratic attorney general primary is growing as a second candidate debuted ads Wednesday, while another reserved airtime...

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

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