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R.I. Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest to stay on

Rhode Island Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest isn’t retiring after all. At least, not on July 3, as Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s office...
A SPECIAL MASTER has been named to resolve ongoing disputes over access to documents in state’s lawsuit against 13 construction and inspection companies that worked on the failed Washington Bridge. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Report: Special master named in Washington Bridge lawsuit

PROVIDENCE – A special master has been named to resolve a dispute over access to documents in the state’s lawsuit against 13 construction and...

Report: Washington Bridge rebuild exceeds $200M

PROVIDENCE – Spending on the Washington Bridge rebuild has now passed $200 million, according to a report by WPRI-TV CBS 12.  The R.I. Department of...

R.I. to add 102 electric vehicle charging stations in $24M statewide...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Energy Resources and R.I. Department of Transportation on Monday announced plans to install 102 new electric vehicle charging...

Route 10 on-ramp to I-95 North in Cranston reopened

CRANSTON – The on-ramp from Route 10 North onto Interstate 95 has reopened, the R.I. Department of Transportation announced Monday.  The I-95 on-ramp was closed...

State lawmakers approve Crook Point Bridge authority plan

PROVIDENCE – Both the Rhode Island House and Senate have approved legislation to create a new authority to take control of the long-abandoned Crook...

R.I. launches hotline, online dashboard for pothole repair on state roads

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island motorists can now dial 511 when they see a dangerous pothole.  The state on Wednesday launched the hotline and online dashboard that...

Truckers lose bid to be reimbursed for legal bills in RhodeWorks...

Rhode Island will receive around $200,000 out of the $9 million in legal fees it had requested from the association that sought to topple the state’s...
NEW HOME: Loren M. Spears is executive director of the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, which has spent years fundraising and clearing regulatory hurdles to establish a larger, more accessible home for the museum at the University of Rhode Island campus in South Kingstown. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Tomaquag Museum hopes to break ground on new larger facility at...

The 800-square-foot building that houses the Tomaquag Museum, Rhode Island’s only Indigenous museum, is a tight squeeze for its 12,000 cultural belongings, well over...

Pothole damage from driving around R.I.? The state will pay only...

Twice in one month Antonio Lanni has heard the same sound coming from underneath his 2025 BMW M3: the hiss of air escaping the...
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