Mayor Brett Smiley presented his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for the City of Providence on Wednesday. Smiley said the ...

Unlike spending at the federal level, Rhode Island and its cities and towns are required to balance their budgets, so Providence must ensure that it can raise enough revenue to pay for all its ...

Residential homeowners and landlords will, on average, see their tax bills go up this summer, while commercial property owners will see lower bills under the proposal.

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen is in El Salvador in an attempt to free a Maryland man the Trump administration mistakenly ...

A defendant accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile female was convicted of three counts of first-degree sexual assault ...

Gretchen Dow Simpson, whose art graced New Yorker covers and Rhode Island highways, died on Friday, April 11. She was 85.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A man's body was pulled from the water in Providence Wednesday night. Police appeared to be surrounding an area on Valley Street. Officials said it was not considered ...

The $624 million budget proposal unveiled Wednesday by Mayor Brett Smiley and his team includes tax increases, as expected. The average owner of a single family home will see their bill go up $13 a ...

Eight Pawtucket firefighters are off the job after an internal investigation determined they "engaged in possible criminal ...

Never has the phrase "good things come in small packages" been so accurate. Rhode Island might be the nation's smallest state ...

WaterFire Returns to Downtown Providence for Its 30th Season WaterFire is set to make its return to downtown Providence this ...