Providence RI

With less than a month before early voting begins for Rhode Island state and local primaries, candidates are pounding the pavement and packing in the public events in the hopes of gaining voters’ support — and potentially, donations.  Second-quarter campaign finance reports were due to the Rhode Island Board of Electio

In 2024, Rhode Island's total state tax revenue reached $5.3 billion, of which $165.2 million, or 3.1%, was generated from license taxes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC). The State Government Tax Collections (STC) survey tracks five major tax categories and

JOHNSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Johnston police said two men were arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop on Saturday. According to police, officers conducted a traffic stop after observing a vehicle commit multiple traffic violations on Killingly Street. While the vehicle was stopped at the Route 6 on-ramp...

Drivers should use caution on the roads as heavy rainfall moves through Southern New England.

Cameras have been set up at 36 locations to see how many people are using the bike paths, according to RIDOT.

(WJAR) — He was one of the first big reality TV stars. And the feds want him to finally pay a two-decade old tax debt, to the tune of millions. In the midst of that ongoing battle, Richard Hatch is out with a new book. “They're only pursuing me...

When David Morales was elected to the State House in 2020, then-Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza called to congratulate him and invited the freshman lawmaker to meet the next day, offering advice about governing and public service.  Six years later, Elorza formally endorsed Morales’ bid to unseat Providence Mayor Brett Sm

Luis Alfonso Posada Gonzalez, 75, was hit and killed attempting to cross Mendon Road in Woonsocket on July 29, 2026.

The driver and passenger of a Tesla were also transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A woman was found dead inside of a vehicle on the Rhode Island College campus Monday night. Officers said they responded to the campus for a welfare check and found an unresponsive woman inside a vehicle behind the residential village. Police said the woman was pronounced dead on scene. A...