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Key details from Gov. Don Carcieri's proposal to close a $357 million budget deficit for the fiscal year ending in June.

In spite of all the rhetoric about the surge of illegal immigrants, the number of students who speak little or no English has decreased in Rhode Island over the past five years.

Summaries of recent news involving Medicaid in Connecticut, Louisiana and Rhode Island appear below.

Editor's Note: Sen. Claiborne Pell might have been a blueblood, but when a flustered cousin set off the burglar alarm at his home, she realized his name worked like a charm with ordinary working-class folks as ...

A new year brings a bunch of numbers, many of them new, for a variety of issues, such as contributing to a 401 retirement-savings plan, making gifts to someone other than your spouse and figuring the taxes ...

To honor the passing of Senator Claiborne Pell, Governor Donald L. Carcieri has ordered Rhode Island State flags lowered to half staff.

Claiborne Pell, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend ...

A carpentry program for homeless, former convicts in Providence. A school for Native Americans in Exeter.

The Rhode Island Ethics Commission has asked the state Supreme Court to reinstate an ethics complaint against former state Senate President William Irons, who was accused of having a conflict of interest while ...

Thomas Tew was a gentleman and a pirate, the grandson of Richard Tew, who lived in Newport and served as an administrator for the Colony of Rhode Island.

Tiny Rhode Island, America's geographically smallest state and the first of the original colonies to declare independence from British rule, recently added another, less favorable distinction: It has the ...

As reported by WPRI: " Nine people are under arrest following several raids in five Rhode Island communities.

One thing is for certain, New Englanders are used to bad weather, and over the past couple of days we've seen it all, rain, snow, and icy conditions.

Rhode Islanders opened their doors onto a motif worthy of any Christmas card yesterday morning after Mother Nature delivered up to 11 inches of snow in time for today's official start of winter - with more snow ...

Anthony Gemma and Larry Riggs weren't shy about requesting changes in how the Rhode Island Senate enacts legislation to better relationships with both area businesses, and help them "grow jobs." Business owners ...

Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health released The Health of Rhode Islanda s Hospitals detailing the financial performance of Rhode Islanda s 13 hospitals over the period 2004-2007. The report also ...

The job front continues to worsen for Rhode Islanders, as 2 more Ocean State companies laid off workers today... Add a comment Name: Comment: 500 Characters Left Please post your full name and city on ...

Journal file photo / Connie Grosch Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams sits in the House of Representatives chamber in November 2007, for the annual State of the Judiciary address ...

Rhode Island Department of Public Safety Director Colonel Brendan Doherty and E 9-1-1 Associate Director Ray LaBelle today presented representatives of nearly 30 Rhode Island communities with new computer ...

Cap Willey has a client who's in the home-improvement business. The client typically does about $175,000 in business each month, Willey said.