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The 2025 Brown softball team won the program's first Ivy League championship.

Brown Softball’s Historic Ivy Title Caps Breakout Year for First-Time Coach

Often overlooked in the Northeast, spring sports like Brown softball are having their moment—clinching Ivy League titles, breaking records, and proving champions bloom even before the flowers do

Gun Bills Draw a Crowd to Rhode Island State House for Seven and a Half Hours of Testimony

Dozens of Second Amendment and gun control advocates alike filled the Rhode Island State House rotunda, floors and halls Wednesday, many waiting hours to…

FM in Johnston has asked state lawmakers to repeal a 1984 law restricting its investments amid plans to expand its local workforce, based out of an 8-acre Johnston campus.

Eleventh-Hour Insurance Bill Could Help Top Employer FM Expand in Rhode Island

Legislation to eliminate investment cap heads to House panel Thursday

PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger, left, and NPR CEO Katherine Maher

Under Attack, Public Media Makes its Case to Congress and the Courts

Public broadcasting officials from across the country plan to descend on Capitol Hill today in hopes of convincing lawmakers to preserve their federal…

Tracey Wiley, executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Bally’s Corp., was nominated by Gov. Dan McKee to the Rhode Island Commerce Corp. board of directors.

McKee Nominates Bally’s DEI Executive to Join R.I. Commerce Board

Gov. Dan McKee is betting on a top executive at Bally’s Corp. to help steer the state’s quasi-public economic development agency.McKee announced his…

You Asked: How Closely Are Rhode Island Bridges Being Monitored?

We're answering your questions about the Washington Bridge as part of our project Breaking Point. Here's what we've learned so far about the safety of other bridges across Rhode Island

Alex Shieh, a 20-year-old Brown University sophomore from Salem, N.H., sent DOGE-inspired emails to university administrators

DOGE Copycat at Brown Cleared of Wrongdoing

An independent disciplinary process at Brown University has exonerated an undergraduate accused of violating campus policies with a DOGE-inspired stunt

Jennifer Douglas, a Charlestown Democrat who ran for state Senate in 2018, 2020, and 2022, turned in three-year-old campaign finance reports to the Rhode Island Board of Elections on Friday, May 9, 2025. the day before, she pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges related to violating state campaign finance laws.

‘I Was Wrong.’ Former R.I. Senate Candidate Resolves Campaign Finance Violations After Court Plea

Charlestown Democrat Jennifer Douglas pays fine and turns in late reports to settle three-year-old case

Butler Hospital Workers Picket in the Rain and Mud for Higher Wages, More Staff

Nurses, mental health workers and other employees at a psychiatric hospital in Providence have been on strike with their union, the Service Employees International Union local 1199, since early Thursday morning

Juan Francisco Méndez is pictured with his son in this photo taken prior to his detention in April. His attorney said she plans to discuss the possibility of pursuing a civil lawsuit for violation of his Constitutional rights once Méndez has had time to spend with his family.

New Bedford Man Arrested in ICE Road Stop is Released on Bond

A New Bedford man originally from Guatemala who was detained by ICE agents in a road stop last month has been released on bond from a New Hampshire detention facility

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