Mayor Brett Smiley said he plans to ask the General Assembly to raise the city's taxes above the 4% threshold.

When is the right time for the state to return Providence public schools to local control? Mayor Brett Smiley says this ...

The list of priorities also include new money for Superman Building and burying the power lines in Indian Point Park.

Tuesday under a shiny, refurbished statue of the Independent Man, Rhode Island lawmakers will get back to work in a new ...

Although a new police misconduct law took effect on Jan. 1, Sergeant Joseph Hanley’s hearing will take place under the old ...

PROVIDENCE — Providence will again feel the glow during some of the darkest weeks of the year, when the Lumina light festival ...

Rhode Island's minimum wage hit $15 an hour on Jan. 1, the rate set by legislation in 2021. That legislation brought gradual ...

Starting Jan. 1, many new laws will be taking effect including a new minimum wage, a ban on flavored vapes, and more. Rhode ...

There’s a standard when working at The Providence Journal. I tried to uphold that form each day in my first year at the paper ...

Last year, the exhibit was "Prismatica" and this year it's the POP! exhibit by Gentilhomme, which includes POP, POPUP, POPLI, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island General Assembly is turning out a bevy of new laws for 2025. Starting Wednesday, ...

Rhode Island's senate and house of representatives are returning to the State House today for the 2025 legislative session.