Only the president, the state governor or the mayor of Washington, D.C., can order flags to fly at half-staff. More: Why are flags at half-staff in Rhode Island? President Jimmy Carter honored ...

Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore and the RI Department of State today announced that the State House will once again be open ...

Rhode Island was the first state to authorize an integrated military ... Islanders of color who wore the uniform and saluted the flag of the fledgling United States in spite of the fact that ...

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