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Cannabis Control Commission Chair Kimberly Ahern, center, speaks at the panel’s meeting on Friday, April 11, 2025. At left is Commissioner Robert Jacquard. At right is Commissioner Layi Oduyingbo.

At Long Last, RI Cannabis Control Commission Approves Inaugural Regulations

New rules pave the way for 24 additional retail licenses, with special provisions for social equity applicants and worker-owned dispensaries

Gov. Dan McKee, shown at a press conference about the Washington Bridge on March 14, 2024, has seen his approval rating drop since last year, according to a Morning Consult survey.

Annual Survey Wants to Know How You Feel About Life and Well-Being in Rhode Island

Rhode Islanders are once again being asked to share how they feel about life in the Ocean State in this year’s RI Life Index survey.The collaboration…

Gov. Dan McKee is seen sitting next to Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Angélica Infante-Green at a press event on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in Providence.

McKee Among the Least Popular Governors in the Nation, New Poll Finds

Gov. Dan McKee remains among least popular governors across the country, according to new polling data released last week by Morning Consult.Surveys…

Chevron Corp. is one of 21 oil and gas companies named in a 2018 lawsuit brought by Rhode Island’s attorney general. Oral arguments will be heard Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

On Trial in Landmark Rhode Island Climate Change Lawsuit: the Meaning of ‘And/Or’

Fossil fuel companies look to have the case thrown out while AG stands firm

A photo illustration of a Happy Meal at McDonald's on November 3, 2010 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco became the first city in the nation to pass a law to control giving away free toys with unhealthy meals for children. The law requires that any restaurant kid's meals meet nutritional standards before they can be sold with toys.

Hold the Fries. Forgo the Soda. Rhode Island Kids’ Menus Could Get a Tad Healthier Under Proposed Bill

Restaurants would need to offer two qualifying healthy kids meals; parents wouldn’t have to buy them

The John J. Moran Medium Security Facility at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston as seen on Oct. 24, 2024. Gov. Dan McKee had sought to move the state prison’s minimum security population to a building within the medium security, but has now scrapped that proposal.

McKee Abandons Prison Consolidation Plan

Gov. Dan McKee’s cost-saving proposal to move Rhode Island’s minimum security inmates into a segregated building within the state prison’s medium security…

Deer Tick performing at Ocean State Media for Biggest Little Desk: our series of intimate, live mini-concerts in the style of NPR’s Tiny Desk.

Deer Tick’s new album is a love letter to the Rhode Island that was

An intimate, live concert and interview with the iconic Rhode Island-based indie-rock band

Elements of an nkisi, an African spirit bundle, that was discovered under the attic floorboards of the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House on display at the Center for Black History.

‘It’s about time’: Newport Center for Black History set to open on Friday

The Center will feature rotating exhibitions, programs and special events highlighting the historical contributions of Black Newporters

The Illuminated Pride Parade is one of the few nighttime Pride parades in the nation.

A weekend of Pride, Black history and community celebration | Weekend 401

Six Rhode Island events celebrating Black, LGBTQ+ and Indigenous communities

A Providence ladder truck sits outside the city’s Public Safety Complex. Providence is suing several major firetruck manufacturers, alleging they drove up prices through industry consolidation and price collusion.

Providence joins dozens of cities accusing firetruck makers of price fixing

The city says the price of one firetruck rose 63.5% in three years as manufacturers consolidated the industry, shared pricing information and delayed deliveries

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