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Massachusetts is the ‘best state in the nation,’ according to U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News evaluated all 50 states across a range of criteria, from education and health care to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island ended 2016 with a 4.9 percent unemployment rate, marking the first time it has dipped below 5 percent in nearly a decade. The Rhode Island Department of Labor and ...

The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Attacking the person who delivers your pizza could become a felony in Rhode Island under a proposed state law. De...

ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press JULIE PACE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Donald Trump’s upcoming budget will propose a whopping $54 billion increase in defen...

Viola Davis (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)   BETH HARRIS, Associated Press   LOS ANGELES (AP) - Viola Davis needs to make room in her trophy case. On Sunday she won the best supporting act...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Providence Redevelopment Agency has approved a draft plan that would allow it to buy more than 300 abandoned residential properties as part of an effort to reduce neighborh...

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, left, laughs with R.I. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, right, moments before Raimondo signed the state budget into law during ceremonies at the Statehouse, Tuesday, ...

File SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) - Building inspectors suspect an improperly installed medical marijuana growing operation contributed to a carbon monoxide buildup that led to a Smithfield mother’s de...

File photo PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo’s proposed budget includes a provision that would require the state’s drivers to pay a total of $11 million in additional fees to fund...

Gov. Lincoln Chafee and then Gov. – elect Gina Raimondo meet in the State House to discuss transition issues. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Gov. Lincoln Chafee ...