By RANDALL A. JACKVONY The election of 2020 was vastly different than any we have previously experienced. With the contentious election complete, it is natural to want to leave it all behind and let our newly elected leaders start their work. But it is more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Cranston voters sent shockwaves across Rhode Island's political landscape on Nov. 3. On a big night for local Republicans, who maintained control of the mayor's office and City Council, the party also scored a major upset in what has more

Like everything else in 2020, however, this year has proven a bit different. In Cranston, more than half of the ballots were cast before regular polling places had even opened Tuesday morning. And … more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE The voters of Cranston have much to decide on in this year's election. Leading the ballot locally is the contest to succeed Mayor Allan Fung, who is leaving office in January after 12 years as the city's chief executive. Republican more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Cranston voters are well on course for a significant, and potentially historic, turnout in the Nov. 3 general election. As of Monday, roughly a quarter of the city's voters - 14,099 - had already cast ballots, according to figures more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Aside from the contests for mayor and three open citywide seats on the City Council, voters in two wards will soon decide contested races to represent their neighborhoods on the nine-member council in the coming term. In Ward 2, more

By JOHN HOWELL The bugler sounded the call to charge, galvanizing flag-waving Trump supporters to cross the Rocky Point parking lot, climb over the railing and head for what was once the site of the Shore Dinner Hall overlooking Narragansett Bay and the more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Perhaps the most closely watched and consequential contest in Rhode Island this November will be decided by just a fraction of Cranston's voters. For the third consecutive election cycle, Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello is more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Bucci versus Hopkins. That's the choice Cranston voters will face in November as the city elects a new mayor for the first time since 2008. In the Democratic mayoral primary, former Ward 4 councilwoman Maria Bucci maintained her lead more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Ken Hopkins and his supporters had been confident of a victory in the Republican mayoral primary. Neither they nor most observers, however, expected Tuesday's primary election night gathering at the St. Mary's Feast Society building more

Polling locations for the general election more