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Former State Sen. Cindy Coyne is seen in a video announcing her 2026 campaign for lieutenant governor.

Former Barrington State Senator Cindy Coyne Announces Run for Lieutenant Governor

Coyne is the first challenger to officially enter the ring against Matos, who was elected for a full term in 2022

House staff arrange articles from the chamber’s version of the fiscal 2026 budget during a House Committee on Finance meeting on the evening of June 10, 2025.

Health Care and RIPTA Prevail in Lawmakers’ Revised Fiscal 2026 Budget

$14.3B spending plan nixes new capital projects in favor of extra money for Washington Bridge rebuild

Rhode Island’s first harm reduction center, offering space for people to safely use illegal drugs in a medically supervised setting, opened in south Providence in January.

McKee Signs Four Pairs of Bills Into Law

New Rhode Island laws will require AEDs on golf courses, expand Narcan training to lifeguards and park rangers, extend the state’s safe injection site, and formalize a 30-day wait before adult road tests

Reclaim Rhode Island Co-Chair Daniel Denvir advocates for a proposal to codify just cause evictions during the final meeting of the legislative commission on landlord-tenant law on Monday, May 19, 2025.

Rhode Island Lawmakers Weigh Just Cause Eviction Bill as Housing Commission Finalizes Report

Tenant advocates push for stronger renter protections and rent hike limits, while landlords and Realtors warn of reduced investment as legislative commission on landlord-tenant law prepares final recommendations

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.

How to Track Rhode Island AG Neronha’s Legal Battles Against Trump? There’s a Web Page for That

Rhode Island AG scores two more wins as federal fallout continues

Some patients experience pain or discomfort with the insertion of an IUD for contraception. New guidelines urge doctors to offer pain treatment.

ACOG Urges Pain Management for IUDs and Cervical Procedures in New Guidelines

New recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists call for local anesthesia and shared decision-making during in-office gynecological procedures, addressing long-standing concerns about untreated pain and medical inequity

"It has really been unpleasant. It actually made me think that maybe Providence isn't where I want to be."

Your Stories from the Bridge: Christopher Adamo

Christopher Adamo, massage therapist and East Providence resident

Brian Wilson, the Troubled Genius Behind The Beach Boys, Has Died at Age 82

Brian Wilson, who co-founded the iconic California band The Beach Boys and turned teen pop into a poetic, modernist musical form, has died at age 82."We…

A seal is released at Wuskenau Town Beach in Rhode Island after being rehabilitated by Mystic Aquarium on May 21, 2025.

Seal Entanglements with Man-Made Debris Surge Around Block Island

In all of 2024, Mystic Aquarium's Animal Rescue Program (ARP) helped 22 entangled seals. In the first five months of this year, they've already passed…

State coastal regulators have given Quidnessett Country Club 30 days to submit a plan to remove a seawall built without permission along its shoreline more than two years ago.

CRMC Orders Quidnessett to Come Up With a Plan to Remove Seawall, Restore Shoreline

Enforcement action comes 653 days after regulators first flagged North Kingstown rock wall built without permission

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