Quahog is a shortening of poquauhock, which is what the Narragansett tribe called the valuable mollusk. The Rhode Island ...

United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited Rhode Island on Tuesday to help launch the state’s home energy ...

Rhode Island had a net migration out of the state every year since 2005 through 2017. After a brief reprieve, the trend is expected to continue in the future. The state has the lowest rate of new ...

Rhode Island voters have gone nearly two decades without electing a Republican to any of the state's top offices, or to Congress. Meanwhile, GOP members are also shut out of many of the positions ...

Since its founding more than a century ago in Providence, Hasbro has been headquartered in Rhode Island. Its name is behind ...

Hasbro may be leaving Rhode Island. Every few years, the toy company talks about moving, and the politicians say they want ...

Voters have passed the vast majority of state bonds in the past 15 years. But the quick relief of big-ticket borrowing has ...

McDonald has been a landscape maintenance technician at the University of Rhode Island for more than 20 years. The last 13 ...

Rhode Islanders in District 2 also have a choice to make for Congressman. The incumbent, Rep. Seth Magaziner, a Democrat, is ...

Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. in Rhode Island, and while none of the statewide general offices are on the ...

A testy New Hampshire House contest won by Maggie Goodlander topped the final slate of primaries ahead of the November ...

More than five months after weighing in on the presidential matchup, Rhode Island voters will choose which candidates will ...