Despite reaching a critical agreement with the federal government to restore millions of dollars in research funding late last month, Brown University is still in financial dire straits with its 2026 ...

Researchers at Roger Williams University have developed a new technology that can quickly detect an illness that could significantly impact quahog populations. Though harmless to humans, the disease, ...

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is providing a total of $450,000 in grants to nine nonprofits, including one in ...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday signed into law an increase of the state’s minimum wage to $17 over the next two years.  The legislation, approved by both the House and Senate in June, raises the state ...

The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s ...

A federal judge says Rhode Island’s gun permit system, which requires residents to show “a need” to openly carry a firearm throughout the state, does not violate the Second Amendment. In a ruling ...

The Emerald Square Mall has announced it is under new ownership. In a Facebook post on Aug. 1, the mall posted that it had been sold to Summit Properties USA, a Manhattan-based company that owns 25 ...

The average weekly price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island increased 4 cents to $3.05 per gallon. That price is 10 cents lower than the national average and 35 cents less than ...

PROVIDENCE – A second New York man was sentenced to two years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud banks in 10 states, including Rhode Island, of approximately $143,000  U.S.

TIVERTON – Representatives from seven municipal emergency medical service organizations recently gathered at St. Luke’s ...

Thirty-four local companies and organizations are among both the highest earners and the most innovative as part of ...

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island recently announced the nonprofit partners for Blue across Rhode Island 2025, the insurer’s day of service. This year’s theme is “1 Blue 4 RI” and the day of ...