The Rhode Island Bar Association has sounded the alarm about what it says is a shortage of deputy sheriffs that is delaying ...

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But it's far from the only lighthouse in Rhode Island. While Michigan has the most lighthouses in the United States, with ...

Elisabeth Ryan, policy counsel at Everytown for Gun Safety, rejected claims that the proposed law is weak. “The weakest law is what Rhode Island has now, no ban on assault weapons,” Ryan said.

A lagging economy and issues with housing and transportation are driving this fourth-generation Rhode Islander out of state.

Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of assault weapons FILE - Pedestrians walk past the Rhode Island Statehouse on March 1, 2020, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — 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 ...

If Rhode Island lawmakers get their way, pop icon Taylor Swift could soon be paying an extra $136,000 a year in property taxes on her Watch Hill mansion. It's a tiny dent in Swift’s reported $1. ...