The Rhode Island House passed legislation Wednesday on a 60-12 vote to approve a three-year moratorium on new charter schools ...

The 65-10 vote was along party lines and sends the tax-and-spending plan for the year starting July 1 on to the Senate.

While the mansions in Newport might be the most famous of Rhode Island's grand houses, there are also plenty of houses in the state. The most notable is Taylor Swift's Westerly home, which has ...

Evan Masse's "Let's bring a Waffle House to Rhode Island" petition has already garnered more than 1,100 signatures.

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island House of Representatives has voted unanimously, without debate, to move Rhode Island's presidential primary to Super Tuesday. The bill now goes to the Senate for approval ...

Within a week, Rhode Island is likely to have a new House speaker. Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, of Warwick, has not confirmed what he intends to do. But he has sent out enough signals that his ...

An income tax hike on RI millionaires and the creation of an office of inspector general highlight the $15.2B state budget ...