Rhode Island state Rep. Joe McNamara called for the creation of a free trade zone based on the state's royal charter to push back on President Trump's tariffs.

Rep. McNamara maintains the 1663 Royal Charter empowers the governor to create free trade zones, but Commerce officials says ...

This General Assembly session, we need to expand and strengthen policies and investments we know are working, write members of the Women's Fund of Rhode Island.

Do you have a strong Rhode Island accent? We want to hear it. For an upcoming story, The Providence Journal is putting together a compilation of notable local accents. If you'd like to participate ...

"I think this was unusual in its size," Todd Bianco, RIPUC's Chief Economic & Policy Analyst, said. "Tens of millions of dollars is unusual." Rhode Island Energy released the below statement ...

Rhode Island has a claim to at least five billionaires on the Forbes 2025 list. Larry Ellison and Stephen Schwarzman own property in Newport. Jonathan Nelson was born and raised in Providence and ...

Uncertainty around President Trump's tariff policy and its impacts has soured the consumer outlook for the economy ... what could make things worse. Our Chart of the Week shows what that thing ...

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a doctor and assistant professor with a visa to work in Rhode Island, was deported to her native Lebanon over the weekend despite an ongoing dispute over her detention by ...

The family of Dr. Rasha Alawieh has alleged authorities wanted to deport her at all costs. She was detained at Boston's Logan airport as she returned after a fortnight-long family visit to Lebanon ...

Shuli Ren is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian markets. A former investment banker, she was a markets reporter for Barron’s. She is a CFA charterholder. As US President Donald Trump ...

So, how is Rhode Island represented on the newly released list of the world's richest people? Depending on who counts as a ...

Uncertainty around President Trump's tariff policy and its impacts has soured the consumer outlook for the economy, and the latest consumer ... what could make things worse. Our Chart of the Week ...