Two different factors – a tougher fiscal climate and the approach of the next race for governor – converg e as Gov. Dan McKee ...

Providence City Councilors Justin Roias and Miguel Sanchez opened Providence Hall up for the homeless last week. The Council ...

Leaders hope that by declaring a state of emergency, it will clear the red tape keeping the Pallet shelters from being used ...

PROVIDENCE—Rhode Island State Senator David P. Tikoian (D – Dist. 22, Smithfield, North Providence, Lincoln) was appointed as ...

The 76-year-old senate president has been battling cancer and other health problems, and on opening day it seemed clear it ...

Dominick Ruggerio won re-election as president of the Rhode Island Senate Tuesday, as the General Assembly met for the first ...

Nancy Lavin, Rhode Island Current January 7, 2025 Senate President Dominick Ruggerio repeatedly assured colleagues there would be no retribution against those who voted against him in a contested ...

The head of the Greystone Social Club, an establishment perched at 3 Greystone Ave. near the Greystone Sluiceway Bridge on the Woonasquatucket River near Cricket Field, says ...

The Rhode Island Senate remains the more fractious of Smith Hill’s two legisla- tive chambers as lawmakers kicked off a new year on Tuesday afternoon. Senate President ...

David Yazbek has written 7 shows including Mojo (Music), The Full Monty (Composer), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Composer), Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (Lyricist), The Band's Visit ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Former Providence Mayor Joe Paolino is throwing his hat into the ring for a leadership position within the national Democratic Party. Paolino, who is the state ...

David Tikoian of Smithfield, a retired major in the Rhode Island State Police. Ruggerio picked Tikoian to be the new Senate "majority whip," which in effect makes him the chief nose-counter before ...