The $1-an-hour increase in the minimum wage passed the General Assembly and will now go to Gov. Dan McKee's desk. ...

Holstad was the featured guest at The Providence Journal's All-States awards show at the Providence Performing Arts Center on ...

A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. for Providence County and northern Bristol County, Massachusetts, with feel-like ...

Lawmakers last approved a minimum wage hike in 2021, raising it gradually to $15 by 2025. New legislation will bring it to ...

It is hosted by the African American Museum of Rhode Island at the Hope High School Auditorium. And on Sunday, the 7th annual Juneteenth Festival kicks off at Roger Williams Park. The festival begins ...

The Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education unanimously voted to name Rosemary Costigan the president of the ...

A heat advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) for parts of Rhode Island and southern New England on ...

Readers reflect on salvaging what college students don’t take home. Also: Poetry that questions; the risks of self-driving trucks.

Rosemary Costigan was selected in a unanimous vote by the Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education Wednesday.

Neto, 18, said the move could have been made out of retaliation for media coverage. An ICE spokesperson called that ...

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the community marks Juneteenth.

The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved an assault weapon bill that left both gun-rights advocates and some gun-safety supporters feeling disappointed. The bill, an amended ...