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

Three of the five get credited as Rhode Islanders because they own mansions here, but only one wildly successful businessman ...

Thousands of people gathered at Hope High School in Providence and marched to Kennedy plaza to protest actions by Trump ...

According to Dodd the older and larger Great Whites only pass through Rhode Island as they head to Cape Cod's waters where there's more seals, "Because there’s 50,000 seals there and more so ...

From Massachusetts to Puerto Rico, executive level lawmakers in Rhode Island collectively spent 229 days traveling outside of the Ocean State in the span of one year, costing taxpayers $31,562.

However, Rhode Island's size gave it a boost on the list, because it calculated totals per capita — meaning total spend was compared with population. The list was compiled using data from ...

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 ...

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 ...

02906 is the most-educated ZIP code in Rhode Island. That's according to a recent analysis by The Business Journals, which analyzed more than 33,200 ZIP codes across the nation — looking ...

The amount of money used to operate state government in Rhode Island has grown by 5 and a half billion dollars over the last 10 years, to $14.2 billion. Now, President Trump has put a spotlight on ...