Paolino, former Providence mayor and managing partner of Paolino Properties, talks about his long record in public life; the innovative new health screening and safety tools being installed at his company’s flagship building; the economic impact of the pandemic; and his political future.  more

“Everybody keeps asking me, ‘Gov, are we going to lift the stay-at-home order on Saturday?’ The answer is yes … I feel that we have the systems in place to move forward with phase one,” the governor said during her daily briefing. more

On April 8, the Cranston High School East 2020 class council made a significant shared sacrifice - donating a large portion of cash set aside for their senior prom. The money was used to support health care workers at the more

On the morning of April 30, Rhode Island elected officials and state workers held an online Violence Prevention Town Hall seminar on Facebook, discussing issues related to domestic violence and how it is related to the current COVID-19 more

Mayor Allan Fung's $302.9 million city budget plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 includes no tax increase - but in anticipation of strained finances due to the current crisis, it does leave 15 positions unfilled and involve more

Amanda Scianna, who grew up in Knightsville, has lived in Pawtuxet Village for nearly four years. She enjoys the village's pace and character, and how welcoming it is to pedestrian traffic. "It's a nice neighborhood," she said. more

A proposed $147 million bond to fund an ambitious five-year facilities improvement plan for the city's schools passed one of its first hurdles Monday night. The City Council's Finance Committee unanimously backed a resolution asking more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE A limited reopening of non-essential retail stores will begin if the current stay-at-home order is lifted on May 9, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Monday, while plans are also in the works to allow restaurants to start offering outdoor more

Mayor Allan Fung and the two announced Republican candidates to succeed him in the city's top elected office sounded off on the mayor's $302.9 million budget plan for the coming year this week - and the exchange more

Though many Rhode Islanders have been voluntarily covering up, and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, has been making that recommendation for weeks, the official requirement was only that employees in customer-facing businesses do so. more

A limited reopening of non-essential retail stores will begin if the current stay-at-home order is lifted on May 9, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Monday, while plans are also in the works to allow … more

“It’s obviously a sad day,” Gov. Raimondo said, encouraging Rhode Islanders to take a moment to honor the lives that have been lost. more