Ruggerio served in the General Assembly for nearly 44 years and was reelected to more than 20 consecutive terms.

He called Ruggerio's passing the "end of an era at the State House, where Donny was a true giant for well over four decades. On behalf of the House of Representatives, we extend our deepest sympathies ...

Nancy Lavin, Rhode Island Current April 21, 2025 Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, the State House’s longest-serving member ...

Jay Fluck was so average in physical stature that you would not have given this Brown University alumnus a second glance if ...

Lou-Ann Nixon passed away peacefully on April 13, 2025 after a brief illness at Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence ... College, and a Master of Social Work degree from Rhode Island ...

An ambulance came. Byron Brown, Tarzan’s nephew and then a young police officer on the Westerly force, got a call. When he ...

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Commercial property on New London Turnpike in Coventry sold for $9,215,000. A Narragansett home on Bass Rock Road recently ...

Food Truck Concert Nights at Diamond Hill Park, Cumberland, begin monthly on April 24. Additional food truck events are scheduled throughout the summer in Richmond, Fall River, Lincoln, Johnston, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, a powerful figure in Rhode Island politics for decades, has ...

The once counterculture holiday 4/20 takes place on April 20, but as The Journal's Tom Mooney found, the day has become less ...

Two stars from last season’s Clemson basketball team are entering the transfer portal, apparently in anticipation of being ...