PROVIDENCE – The state is gearing up for this weekend’s blast of winter that will bring heavy snow.  A winter storm watch will be in effect beginning at 7 a.m. on Jan. 25 through 8 p.m. on Jan. 26. ...

Legislation in the General Assembly would require Rhode Island’s Division of Motor Vehicles to stop issuing specialty license plates with the image of Hasbro Inc.’s Mr. Potato Head. The move is in ...

Over the last two decades, Rhode Island voters have approved five bonds totaling $310 million aimed at making housing more affordable, but now Gov. Daniel J. McKee is saying the state needs $120 ...

The Cannabis Control Commission said that 98 entities have submitted applications for retail cannabis dispensary licenses. During its meeting on Jan. 16, Cannabis Office Administrator Michelle E.

It’s been no small potatoes that Rhode Islanders have been able to choose the image of Mr. Potato Head as a specialty license plate for decades. Yet with Hasbro’s decision to move its ...

It’s going to be a “gangbusters” year for the consumer in 2026 as income generated from labor begins to outperform the financial markets, a reversal of the trend that has held for several years. That ...

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated, while consumers spent at a healthy pace. Consumer prices rose 2.8% in ...

NEWPORT – A Gilded Age mansion known as Seaview Terrace has sold for $16 million, according to Lila Delman Compass, which ...

Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was 4.3%, same as November, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Thursday.  The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.4% in December, ...

The former CEO and chief operating officer of a medical device company has been indicted on charges of securities and health care fraud, according to interim U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Charles C.

The Washington Trust Co. has delivered $75,000 to 12 nonprofit housing, food and social service organizations across Rhode ...

The prospective buyer of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital missed the final, court-ordered ...