Politics + Justice

Survey shows governor underwater with independents as Washington Bridge tops voters’ concerns

The deadline to sell two cash-strapped hospitals in Rhode Island is this Friday. There’s a lot on the line, in terms of jobs and health care

Trying to make sense of another senseless act, this time in Pawtucket

The suspected shooter worked at a shipyard in Bath, Maine, but often traveled to Rhode Island

Michael Black describes lunging at the gunman inside Pawtucket’s Dennis M. Lynch Arena, helping jam the weapon and subdue the shooter as other bystanders rushed in — actions police say “undoubtedly prevented further injury” in a tragedy that left three dead and three critically wounded

Three decades after being elected to Congress, Rhode Island’s senior U.S. senator is running again, in part to oppose President Trump

The shooter had a flareup of domestic disputes with their family in 2020, but investigators say they are still searching for a ‘trigger event’ closer to the shooting six years later

RI judges in the news - and why taking the politics out is difficult

McKenna Goldberg, 75, served nearly 30 years on the state’s top court

The newly elected party chair outlines his strategy for expanding state GOP ranks and weighs in on energy costs, immigration enforcement and election integrity