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The Rhode Island Board of Elections reduced fines for campaign finance violations for nine candidates within the last month.

R.I. elections board slashes campaign finance fines in the hopes of getting scofflaws to pay up

Late fees on decades old penalties responsible for much of $6.2M balance

Brown University protesters held a rally Thursday, October 9, to demand the university reject the latest list of demands from the Trump White House.

Brown University president invites feedback on White House 'compact'

Christina H. Paxson is facing mounting backlash to the Trump administration’s efforts to change campus culture.

Rhode Island House Speaker Joe Shekarchi speaks to Ocean State Media's Ian Donnis on Oct. 7, 2025.

TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Oct. 10, 2025

Rhode Island House Speaker Joe Shekarchi talks state spending and, yes, the governor’s race

The Nobel prize medal for medicine, awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming in 1945, on display at the National Museum of Scotland.

Brown University professor Peter Howitt wins Nobel in Economics

Howitt shared in the prize for charting a theory about how economies go through ‘creative destruction’

Children between ages 6 and 12 should get between nine and 12 hours of sleep per night, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Kids in Rhode Island may not be getting as much sleep as their parents think

Less than a fifth of children got the recommended amount of sleep in a new Brown University study

No Kings Day protesters stand on the sidewalk at the intersection of East Main and West Main roads at Two Mile Corner in Middletown during rainy weather on Saturday, June 14, 2025.

‘No Kings’ protests return to Rhode Island on Saturday

Nine peaceful protests are planned for Saturday, Oct. 18, across Rhode Island

FILE - The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 5, 2025.

Judge accuses Homeland Security of bullying states into accepting conditions to get FEMA money

A Rhode Island federal judge says Homeland Security can’t force states to link FEMA disaster aid to immigration enforcement, calling the practice unconstitutional

Shyamalan, left, and Sparks, right, almost collaborated in the late 1990s on adapting Sparks' The Notebook. Nearly three decades later, they've joined forces for the first time on the book and film project Remain.

M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks join forces on 'Remain' novel and film

Shyamalan wrapped filming on Remain earlier this year, using various locations in Rhode Island as a stand-in for Cape Cod

The exterior of U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island building is seen undergoing construction in downtown Providence on July 24, 2025.

R.I. federal judge blocks anti-DEI restrictions from housing and violence prevention grants

A nationwide coalition of organizations serving domestic violence survivors in 14 states and the District of Columbia recently notched another victory in…

A sign advertising an apartment for rent is seen in Providence, R.I., on Oct. 17, 2024.

As rents continue to climb, Providence considers rent control. What could that look like?

While several cities and states have adopted rent control measures in recent years, the idea has received mixed reviews in Providence

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