Janine Weisman

After a three-hour recount at the Rhode Island Board of Elections Thursday, Republican Christopher Paplauskas maintained his victory over Democrat Maria Bucci in Cranston’s House District 15 race. The recount was one of seven by the state elections panel, which also confronted a legal gap involving the Barrington Town Council race.

Not a single community in Rhode Island has home sale prices that would be affordable to any household earning the median income of $107,452 a year, according to the HousingWorks RI 2024 Fact Book released Friday morning. Two years ago, 14 municipalities were considered affordable to median income home buyers.

Nearly  9,100 Rhode Island voters cast their ballots Wednesday on the first day of early voting for the Nov. 5 general election.

Rhode Island Current was honored as the region’s digital news publication of the year by the professional trade organization for newspapers in all six New England states at an awards luncheon Saturday in Providence.

Journalist Zack Beauchamp, author of "The Reactionary Spirit," will deliver the first lecture of the University of Rhode Island’s Fall 2024 Honors Colloquium Tuesday night on the Kingston campus, kicking off a series that will draw attention to the challenges facing democracy in the U.S. and abroad.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz posed for photos before delivering a 17-minute speech focused on bringing joy back to American politics at a private fundraiser on the campus of Salve Regina University Thursday afternoon.

Over 300 donors who paid a minimum ticket price of $1,000 each attend a private Democratic Party fundraiser at Ochre Court on the Salve Regina University campus in Newport on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024.The guest of honor was Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who arrived via motorcade led by over a dozen police officers on motorcycles.

The corporation that runs Ocean State Job Lot has agreed to pay a $53,500 penalty under a settlement reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged violations in documenting the importation and sale of handheld electric bug zappers.

An Atlanta-based nonprofit can take over Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence and Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence if it agrees to a long list of conditions, state regulators announced Thursday afternoon.

The Rhode Island Department of Administration is looking to acquire a 210,000-square foot building in East Providence from Citizens Bank for use as state offices.