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RI PBS, The Public’s Radio offer buyouts, warn of layoffs due to federal defunding

Staring down an estimated $1.1 million budget gap resulting from congressional defunding, Rhode Island’s recently merged ...
Opinion

Miranda Devine: Childish Rhode Island prosecutor is latest example of entitled Dems thinking they are above the law

Exhibit A this week is Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan, whose drunken antics while resisting arrest outside the upscale Clarke Cooke House in Newport is the latest example ...

Fall is a 'magical' time at the beach. Condé Nast says this RI beach is one of the best

If you want to feel like Bertha Russell in "The Gilded Age," why not head to Rhode Island this fall. Condé Nast recommends it.

RI Lottery Powerball, Lucky For Life winning numbers for Aug. 20, 2025

The Rhode Island Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Aug. 20, 2025, results for each game: Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here. Check Lucky ...
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RI state budget up 10% in 2 years as Medicaid spending grows, report finds

Rhode Island lawmakers have increased the size of the state budget by 10% over the last two years, and the pressure to spend ...

RI assistant AG caught in tirade worked as a Suffolk ADA: ‘She’s embarrassed herself’

The Rhode Island AG says one of his prosecutor employees, who previously worked in the Suffolk DA’s Office, “embarrassed herself” after she tried to use her title to block her arrest ...

RI is full of great dining. A new book will help you plan a culinary journey

Rhode Island Monthly editor Jamie Coelho pens a book of her favorite places to eat, drink and take powder room selfies.

RI's 2026 attorney general race draws its first candidate. Here's who is running.

Keith Hoffmann has become the first candidate to formally announce they are running to be Rhode Island's next attorney general in the 2026 election. Until about three weeks ago, Hoffmann was chief of ...

Can you pick fruit from a neighbor's tree? A public park? What RI law says about foraging

The Providence Journal's archives indicate that six people were fined for "taking fruit" from a garden between 1882 and 1887.

Made in RI: TV and movies filmed or set in the Ocean State

Reality shows whose only connection is that a cast member was from Rhode Island.Documentaries that are more journalistic in nature, rather than with mass-audience entertainment appeal.TV shows that ...