Politics + Justice
WPRI-Emerson poll finds 37% of likely Democratic gubernatorial primary voters undecided, while nearly three-quarters have yet to choose a candidate in the four-way attorney general race
Former congressman Barney Frank, who represented Massachusetts and the South Coast in Congress for more than three decades, is using his final public moments to deliver an urgent message to Democrats as he enters hospice care
The City Council failed to overturn the mayor’s veto of the Providence Rent Stabilization Act, which aimed to cap annual rent increases at 4% in most city apartments
A bold move in the early days of Blazejewski’s speakership
Federal prosecutors appeal after a federal judge in Rhode Island calls request an “extraordinary invasion” of children’s privacy
Blazejewski cited the Washington Bridge crisis, payroll system failures and tighter federal scrutiny in announcing the plan
Developer filed application one day before ordinance vote, clouding the project’s fate
John J. McConnell Jr. says he and his family have been targeted after he issued court decisions against the Trump administration
Republican John Loughlin says he would reshape the office into a taxpayer oversight and accountability agency similar to a state inspector general
Federal cuts to Medicaid and food assistance complicate an otherwise encouraging revenue picture