Community
Mayor Brett Smiley discusses how his administration is tackling the city’s biggest issues — from the housing shortage and SNAP crisis to community trust in police — as he looks ahead to a 2026 re-election bid
USDA says it will not send out food stamp money in November due to the federal shutdown. Now, Rhode Islanders are grappling with how to make ends meet
Gov. Dan McKee says the state will shift $6 million from other federal programs to help feed Rhode Islanders as SNAP benefits run out — while Attorney General Peter Neronha joins a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration to restore funding
The libraries offer a slew of free programming every week for kids and adults at their nine locations around the city. We highlight a few of these events in this monthly segment – from a haunted house to a book club highlighting African American authors
‘Our typical way of food-banking and feeding the hungry is not, probably, going to sustain us into the future,’ the CEO of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank said
Latest attempt scales down original $102M project that fizzled last year
Plus: Umberto Crenca and the Gillen Street Ensemble bring their basement jam sessions to the Wilbury Theatre Group’s stage.
At a packed Westerly hearing, residents, activists, and property owners clashed over whether a historic right-of-way guarantees public access to a pristine stretch of coastline long treated as private
Providence affordable housing developer is co-plaintiff