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Thousands gathered at Providence’s Hope High School to protest the Trump administration’s recent actions on April 5, 2025

Thousands of Providence Protesters Join Nationwide Resistance

The 'Hands Off' protest was organized by a mix of local labor, environmental and political groups

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank provides food to pantries, meal sites, and school programs.

‘People Will Go Hungry’: USDA Cuts Threaten Rhode Island Food Pantries

The head of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank says the USDA cuts come at a time when proposed cuts to SNAP benefits and free school meal programs are expected to increase demand at food pantries

Kimberly Merolla-Brito, director of the Rhode Island Department of Human Services, speaks during a House Committee on Finance subcommittee hearing on April 2, 2025, about the agency’s response to a cyberattack and its ongoing technology needs.

After RIBridges Breach, Rhode Island State Agencies Share High Tech Wish Lists at Budget Hearing

From mid-December to January, workers in the Department of Human Services (DHS) were forced to process public benefits like food stamps the old-fashioned…

The Woonsocket Wastewater Treatment Facility is one of 19 wastewater plants across Rhode Island. Five other plants will host open houses this week.

Rhode Island Wastewater Treatment Plants Host Open Houses in Honor of Clean Water Week

What better way to celebrate Clean Water Week than by getting up close and personal with sewage?The Rhode Island Clean Water Association is hosting a…

Q&A With Artist and Writer Joe Duggan

G. Wayne Miller: Thanks for doing this, Joe. We discovered your work when I was at Cru Cafe in Newport and you kindly gave me one of your books,…

The UMass campus overlooks academic buildings and the W.E.B. Du Bois library [far left].

5 UMass Amherst Students Have Visas Revoked

Five University of Massachusetts Amherst international students have had their visas revoked and student statuses terminated by the federal government,…

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha speaks at an April 1, 2025, press conference on his role co-leading a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for terminating nearly $11 billion in public health grants to the states.

Neronha Co-Leads Coalition of AGs Suing Trump Over Agency Closures

Support for public libraries and museums, workers, and small businesses cut by executive order

Signs pointing towards Routes 6 and 10, along with Interstate 95, in Providence’s Silver Lake neighborhood.

Sidelined Route 6/10 Contractor Sues Competitor Over Alleged Smear Campaign

The Massachusetts company accused of illegally dumping contaminated soil during construction of the Route 6/10 Interchange in Providence five years ago…

A sign outside Anchor Medical Associates’ office on Commerce Street in Lincoln.

Anchor Medical Associates to Close, Adding More Pressure to Rhode Island's Fragile Health Care System

Over 25,000 patients will need to find new pediatricians and primary care doctors before Anchor Medical Associates closes all three of its offices by June…

Then Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield speaks during a change of command ceremony held at the conclusion of her service as president of the U.S. Naval War College on June 23, 2023. Rear Adm. Peter Garvin succeeded her to become the 58th president.

Pentagon Fires NATO Military Committee Representative, Who Previously Led U.S. Naval War College

United States Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. representative to NATO’s Military Committee, was fired over the weekend, the Associated Press…

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