Providence RI

Dozens of homeowners have filed a lawsuit against Rhode Island for its Taylor Swift tax. According to a Patch of Rhode Island report, more than 40 high-value second-homeowners filed suit in Newport County Superior Court to block the Taylor Swift Tax, officially called the Non-Owner-Occupied Property Tax Act, and seek r

RIDOH: Lead Inspector Failed to Submit Reports - Now Barred From Taking on New Work. A licensed Rhode Island lead inspector was found to have failed to submit reports for lead inspections that he conducted, in violation of state regulations. Now, he is prohibited from taking on any new work,...

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WJAR) — An eight-year-old boy has been hospitalized after he was hit by a car in Attleboro on Monday, according to the city's police department. The APD said the crash occurred at around 1 p.m. on Pearl Street. The driver of the car remained on the scene,...

This is it, what we research and prep for all year: our annual guide to what makes our state great. And what a year it’s been. Did anyone have “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island” or Providence’s Scottish invasion on their 2026 bingo cards? We didn’t either, but the Ocean State is all the better for catchphrases like

PROVIDENCE — Former and current employees of a metal-finishing and chromium-coating facility on Houghton Street have raised concerns about two possible chemical leaks they say haven’t been fixed. They claim the leaking chemicals, including chromic acid, may be impacting a marsh behind the building, the local neighborho

A truck rolled over on the highway in the area of Exit 29, which is the T.F. Green Airport off-ramp.

Newly released body-worn camera footage shows the arrest of a Johnston man who reportedly rammed his car into a Charlestown police cruiser earlier this summer.

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority board on Aug. 20 unanimously voted to begin designing a new transit center in the park next to the Providence Train Station, setting in motion plans to replace Kennedy Plaza as the city’s bus hub. The vote follows years of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — One of two suspects in a 2023 Federal Hill bank heist -- a married couple who are facing charges in the case for a second time -- returned to a Rhode Island courtroom Monday after being arrested in New York earlier this month. Tracey Delgado,...

Nearly three dozen people want to be Rhode Island’s first inspector general to root out waste and improve government efficiency. But the pool of qualified candidates may be much smaller. The five-member Inspector General Independent Advisory Commission received resumes from 33 applicants by Friday’s deadline for the po