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

Rhode Island Democratic state Rep. Joe McNamara wants to combat President Donald Trump’s tariffs by creating a free trade ...

Secretary of State Gregg Amore calls it a necessity as Rhode Island keeps its important documents and artifacts in a leased ...

The state police force has been involved in high-profile cases, including the 1979 kidnapping of two children and a controversial 2003 raid on a Narragansett Tribe smoke shop. The department has ...

Whether state legislatures ... a story about how Rhode Island's new law intended to increase new housing construction is running into a very old power used to stop it. The town of Johnston ...

Rhode Island ... sweeping building restrictions if they have to pay every affected owner to do so. But eminent domain could potentially be a viable NIMBY tool in cases where state law only ...

The R.I. Life Science Hub is leading development of our state’s first life science ... Revolution began right here in Rhode Island, with the first water-power textile mill in America located ...