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

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 ...

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.

With no portraits of Rhode Island theologian Roger Williams to go by, sculptor based image on the Splendid Splinter ...

The Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame said this week that it plans to induct nine new members at a ceremony next month. The organization says it honors "any individual who has brought credit to ...

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 ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island has plenty of ties to its NCAA Tournament men’s basketball visitors. From the lesser-known McNeese State to Rick Pitino’s return, most of the teams arriving for ...

Safewise has released its rankings of the safest cities in every U.S. state, including Rhode Island Bristol was named the ...

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a doctor and assistant professor with a visa to work in Rhode Island, was deported to her native Lebanon over the weekend despite an ongoing dispute over her detention by ...