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Updated: Jun 8, 2024 / 06:42 PM EDT EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island’s state budget, which is the largest bill passed by the state legislature each year, passed the House on Friday.
Rhode Island State Police is holding a recruitment open house on Saturday. The open house will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ...
Other New England states allow tax credits to be used to build single-room occupancy units, more commonly known as rooming houses or dorm-style units.
The R.I. House greenlighted a controversial assault weapons ban Thursday, allowing the legislation to clear yet another major hurdle since the conversation first began more than a decade ago.
The second major move raises the conveyance tax — the fee sellers pay at closing — from $2.30 to $3.75 for every $500 of a ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Former state Rep. Brian Coogan always thought Nicholas Alahverdian was destined for greatness.
The median house price keeps rising as interest rates stay the same, demand continues unabated and supply remains low.
Rhode Island’s foster kids had a high school graduation rate of 43% in 2024 — the lowest in the state, lower even than ...
PROVIDENCE – While some of Rhode Island's more "progressive" lawmakers are trying to ban single-use plastic water bottles and cups from the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ...
A bill that would prevent breweries from distributing their own products passed in the Rhode Island Senate, but didn’t make it past the House of Representatives Thursday. The bill faced backlash ...
The Rhode Island Young Republicans have again called for a censure of a Rhode Island state legislator for his rhetoric regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.