Rhode Island Government News

A U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and U.S. Representatives James Langevin and David Cicilline joined representatives from Rhode Island Housing Wednesday to announce that since the end of January more than 1,475 R.I. homeowners have been approved for the 1-year-old foreclosure-prevention program, Hardest Hit Fund Rhode Island .

A Advocates for the homeless set up a soup kitchen in the State House rotundaA Thursday to bring the state's increasing homeless problem right to the feet of state legislators.

The ticket correctly matched all five white balls, 01-10-37-52-57, but not the red Powerball 11, for a $1 million second-tier prize, less 25 percent federal withholding.

Lottery officials announced that someone from Rhode Island, who played the enormous Powerball lottery game, won the $336.4 million jackpot.

Advocates for the homeless set up a soup kitchen in the State House rotundaA yesterday to bring the state's increasing homeless problem right to the feet of state legislators.

Across all levels, 56% of Rhode Island students scored at proficient or better in mathematics, a 1% increase from last year, and 73% achieved proficient or better in reading, a 2% improvement.

This article is based on a press release issued by the Middletown Historical Society.

The unfinished Institute for International Sport, behind the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame, on Route 138 in South Kingstown.

Legislation in Rhode Island to restrict the interest rates that payday lenders can charge hasn't received a vote but is already winning widespread support in the General Assembly.

Advocates for the homeless began a weekly "Soup Kitchen" at the State House Thursday as part of an effort to feed hungry people -- and show legislators the human face of homelessness.

One-in-four Rhode Island renters spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing-related expenses, according to a new report issued by HousingWorksRI.

Both enforce the same thing: drivers illegally passing a school bus. But one of the laws has violators reaching deeper into their pockets.

Crimes that stem from the victim's gender identity would be considered hate crimes under legislation winning support in the Rhode Island General Assembly.

The Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation has announced that it received a grant for its special outreach program for underserved women in Rhode Island from the Amgen Foundation .

File photo of then Coventry School Supt. John Deasy. The walls behind him are covered with computerized printouts of Coventry Schools test results.

The Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation has received a $25,000 grant to support its mobile breast education and cancer screening program.

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority will once again consider increasing tolls on the Pell Bridge, along with possible new tolls for the Mount Hope Bridge, at its meeting Wednesday morning.

Following the success of the recent pertussis vaccination clinics in Barrington, the Rhode Island Department of Health plans to exercise its public health preparedness plans with several cities and towns by opening Tdap vaccination clinics.

Nearly three months after police busted a cigarette-smuggling ring that authorities say cost Rhode Island $5.7 million in tax revenue, Gov.

If Steward Health Care System succeeds in buying Landmark Medical Center, the Boston-based hospital chain plans to spend $30 million on capital improvements, consolidate a variety of administrative functions and eliminate about 90 jobs.