(The state Senate has approved universal ... He said the burden on Rhode Island could be as low as $5 million, as long as every district that is eligible for the Community Eligibility Provision ...

After his Holocaust-focused graphic novels “Maus" were banned by a school district in Tennessee ... bills recently introduced in the Rhode Island House and Senate. The bills include measures ...

That dropped Wisconsin to the fifth-worst state for excessive drinking. Montana had the highest rate of self-reported excessive drinking at 26%. Filling in the top five were the District of ...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into a Rhode Island school district ... But because it's the largest school district in the state, being run by the state Department ...

The founding of the Rhode Island State Police took place in a time of dramatic societal change with many significant parallels to the technology-driven change of the current era. Twenty-two ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday at the Rhode Island State House as lawmakers considered ...

The Rhode Island Department of State Police was established in 1925 under Gov. Aram J. Pothier. The department has been recognized nationally for its traffic law enforcement and overall efficiency.

PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick Ruggerio is home from Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, where he has spent most of the last month. The 76-year-old Ruggerio had been hospitalized since Feb. 19 with ...

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.

Debbie Mayfield ― was among the topics discussed by three of the four Republican candidates vying for the soon-to-be vacated Florida State Senate District 19 seat during a virtual forum this week.