Should rich Rhode Islanders pay higher taxes? Here's what's being proposed, and why
Advocates say a 3% surcharge on income above $625,000 would generate $190M a year, easing the pain of anticipated cuts in ...
The AP reassigns two reporters to Massachusetts and Rhode Island, hires video journalist in Vermont
The additional journalists will help fill gaps in Massachusetts and Vermont, where reporters took buyouts, and in Rhode ...
After a record-setting first half, Rhode Island basketball falls at UMass. Here's how
With 2 games left in the regular season, Saturday's loss means the Rams will end the season with a losing record in A-10 play ...
Many Rhode Islanders have a new closest Costco opening next month. But will one come to RI?
The new Costco in Sharon, Massachusetts will be the closest of the cult favorite stores for many Rhode Islanders.
Mass. and R.I. hospital occupancy lead the nation, report says, putting them at highest risk of bed shortages
A new report showed the mean bed occupancy at hospitals across the US went up, even as the number health care workers ...
Rhode Island visits Saint Joseph’s (PA) after Green’s 30-point game
BOTTOM LINE: Rhode Island takes on Saint Joseph’s (PA) after David Green scored 30 points in Rhode Island’s 91-88 loss to the UMass Minutemen. The Hawks are 12-4 on their home court. Saint Joseph’s ...
Could RI inmates get conjugal visits? The history of 'social furloughs' and why they stopped.
Eventually social furloughs, available to only well-behaved inmates in minimum security, fell out of favor “because our directors all got very nervous because of the Willie Horton situation,” says ...