Rhode Island leaders will visit a childcare center on Wednesday to help highlight the budgetary investment in the state.

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.

Dominick Ruggerio, Rhode Island’s longest-serving legislator at nearly 44 years and its Senate president since 2017, died Monday, his office said. He was 76. Ruggerio, a Democrat, died at Fatima ...

Rhode Island 2024 live election results: Harris projected to win. ... November 6, 2024, 2:51 PM. 3:53. Rhode Island State Capitol building in Providence, R.I. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images.