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Mayor argues policy won’t lower rents and could slow housing development

Early skirmishes in the battle for governor of Rhode Island

The hospital’s operator says it plans to keep the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center open, but that it needs to raise more funds to ensure its viability

Revived ‘Riding the Circuit’ program brings real-world clarity on law, life to students

From tips for your gardening and a documentary about book bans to the Greenes of Rhode Island and a book club that meets at a local cat café, here’s what’s happening at the Tiverton Public Library this month

Plus: the African American Museum of Rhode Island opens this weekend and Andrew Bird plays with the RI Philharmonic

Barrington businessman points to bridge failures and payroll woes as proof Rhode Island needs a reset, entering the race as an independent

Says coastal regulators violated their own rules when they approved scaled-down scallop farm

What does the livelihood of the New England fishing industry have to do with the war in Iran? It turns out, quite a lot

Though Mayor Brett Smiley said he plans to veto the Providence Rent Stabilization Act, city councilors appear to be one vote short of a veto-proof supermajority. Councilor John Goncalves, who has not taken a public position on the legislation, is seeking to delay the vote