Rhode Island News

Some Rhode Islanders who are preparing their state income tax returns are discovering the changes made in 2010 to the state's personal income-tax system.

The accompanying video shows scenes from the promotion ceremony held for Joseph Salvadore, who was appointed to the rank of sergeant on Feb.

Rep. Teresa Tanzi and Sen. Juan Pichardo will host the sixth annual Health Policy Legislative Forum Wednesday, Feb.

The state Department of Environmental Management last week issued a notice of violation against the two companies that operate at the Central Landfill, a citation that also carries a $55,000 fine.

A report examining Rhode Island's response to Tropical Storm Irene says government and utility companies must improve their coordination before and after the next storm.

RI Biz Winners and Flops a review of the people and companies that make RI's economic engine go or slow.

Former state Rep. Douglas Gablinske, the Bristol Democrat who lost his House seat in 2010 to a union-backed challenger after an alleged cyber-stalking campaign by a high-ranked member of the National Education Association of Rhode Island, will not seek to regain the seat this year.

Despite the fact that its members refused to define its purpose, from the outset of the Occupy Movement last September those with knowledge of the modern political Left knew precisely what it was and exactly who these people were.

Rhode Island residents have made more than $2 million in federal campaign contributions during the 2012 election cycle, with residents on the East Side of Providence leading the way with more than $270,000 in donations, according to a GoLocalProv review of campaign finances.

The Barry Hinckley for US Senate campaign today released a web video spoof highlighting Sheldon Whitehouse's disconnect with average voters in light of the stark economic realities Rhode Islanders face every day.

A Rhode Island mother convicted last year of strangling her 8-year-old daughter says she's "not a murderess." Kimberly Fry told a judge on Friday that the outcome of her 2011 second-degree murder trial was a "horrible, horrible injustice." Fry was in court to ask for a new trial.

A majority, 52 percent, of Rhode Island voters would support legalizing marijuana and having it taxed and regulated in a manner similar to alcohol according to a new PPP poll sponsored by the Marijuana Policy Project .

An increase to the state's cigarette tax, restaurant and beverage sales tax and a new seven percent sales tax expansion are some of what Governor Lincoln Chafee proposed Tuesday night in his $7.9 billion budget plan to close the projected $125 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year that begins July 1. In total, Chafee's proposed budget to ... (more)

The Board of Regents voted five to four today to approve the application for an Achievement First Mayoral Academy in Providence submitted last September by Rhode Island Mayoral Academies in partnership with Providence Mayor Angel Taveras.

Today the town--and like-minded Rhode Islanders--turn red, in support of the American Heart Association's Wear Red Day .

House Republicans on Thursday rebuffed a series of Democratic attacks -- including one by Rep.

More than 160 years have passed since Rhode Island last executed a criminal, but a 2010 murder on the streets of Woonsocket now has some pushing to bring back the death penalty.

Rhode Island state lawmakers could face term limits, under a proposal introduced this week by Sen.

A Rhode Island lawmaker is due in court following his second arrest on marijuana possession charges.

A Today, Congressman David Cicilline released the names of six students from Rhode Island's First Congressional District whom he has nominated for the United States Service academies and two of the six attended high school in Woonsocket at Mount Saint Charles Academy .