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The Rhode Island House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday aimed to prevent misuse of SNAP, the food assistance program. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Arthur J. Corvese, would ban th...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Board of Elections’ executive director has been suspended after he failed to sign up for management classes he was required to take in connection with a ...

photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - With backing from Rhode Island’s governor, state police superintendent and Roman Catholic bishop, a...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - A candlelight memorial has been scheduled for an 8-year-old Rhode Island boy whose dying wish to become famous in China reverberated around the world. Dorian Murray died last wee...

(AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State officials have raised questions about the use of state grants awarded to the Newport County Chamber of Commerce and paid to a lobbying firm. The ...

FILE – In this Wednesday, May 16, 2012, file photo, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, center, is followed by members of the media as he departs the Rhode Island Economic Development ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials have announced a new transit corridor meant to improve rush hour bus service in parts of Providence. The 1.4-mile “enhanced transit corridor” will connect...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Legislation long proposed by Rhode Island Republicans to ban the use of public cash assistance on alcohol, lottery tickets and casino gambling is now moving forward under a Dem...

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, ...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - An 8-year-old Rhode Island boy with terminal cancer whose dying wish to become famous in China reverberated around the world has died. Dorian Murray died Tuesday, according to a ...