Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gov. Daniel McKee gives his victory speech during an election night gathering of Rhode Island Democratic ...

PROVIDENCE - New Year's Day ushers in a raft of new state laws, and the final step in a years-long march to a $15-an-hour minimum wage for Rhode Island. Some of these laws were debated and passed ...

PROVIDENCE – The cyberattack that has crippled Rhode Island's public benefits computer system could expose the personal data of an estimated 650,000 people, more than half the state's population ...

Rhode Island's independent streak – it was the only state to reject ratification of the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol in 1920 – dates back to its 17th century ...