According to calculations by SmartAsset, Rhode Island is in the top 15 most expensive states to be middle class. Massachusetts is the most expensive.

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island John J. McConnell, Jr. granted an injunction from 23 states blocking the Trump administration's "categorical freeze of appropriated and obligated funds.

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island granted the preliminary injunction in the lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic states, including Oregon, after a Trump administration plan for a sweeping pause on federal spending stirred up a wave of confusion and anxiety across the United States.

With employers announcing close to 222 thousand job cuts so far this year, the 2025 layoff rate is at its highest year-to-date total since 2009 when over 428 thousand cuts were planned.

A federal judge ruled Trump can't freeze congressionally approved funds, impacting childcare, law enforcement, healthcare and vital agriculture programs.

There’s a new portrait on display in the Rhode Island State House that commemorates the Ocean State’s unique involvement in the American Revolution. Secretary of State Gregg Amore, chairman of the RI250 Commission,

A trade war between the U.S. and Canada will likely be costly for Rhode Islanders. That’s because Canada is by far the state’s largest international trading partner, accounting for 22% of Rhode Island’s exports to the world.

US states ask judge to enforce order blocking ... Hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents' personal and bank information, including Social Security numbers, were very likely hacked by ...

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha provides an update on the sale of Narragansett Electric, Monday, May 23, 2022. (WLNE file image) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Attorney General Peter Neronha said a coalition of attorney generals secured a preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v.

Offshore wind in Rhode Island will create thousands of good ... Green energy is booming worldwide and if the United States wants to remain a leader in technological innovation, it needs to ...

Over the last several years, parents and organized groups have targeted 28 books for removal from RI school libraries.