A local lawmaker has introduced a piece of legislature that would make joining the teachers union in the state optional.

Rhode Island is set to receive millions of dollars in federal disaster relief funds.

Rhode Island and federal workplace safety officials are reviewing an incident in which six workers at a Coventry company had to be checked at a hospital when a vacuum malfunctioned.

By Kathleen McKiernan kmckiernan@ricentral.com Vespia.jpg SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After serving as a Rhode Island State Trooper for 21 years, leading investigations in the arrest of crime boss Raymond Patrairca and solving a 1970s murder by five former Coventry Police officers, South Kingstown Police Chief Vincent Vespia, Jr. was inducted into the inaugural Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall of Fame ...

A fire that broke out in Coventry on Thursday morning and sent two people to the hospital has been put out.

Firefighters in Coventry are battling a residential fire that broke out Thursday morning and sent multiple people to the hospital.

A longtime Rhode Island detective who was awaiting the birth of his first grandchild has been laid to rest after suffering fatal injuries when he fell from a ladder.

A Rhode Island lawmaker has introduced legislation to restore $20 million that was cut last year from programs benefiting people with developmental disabilities.

A Rhode Island lawmaker has introduced legislation to restore $20 million that was cut last year from programs benefiting people with developmental disabilities.

The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training ordered several elevators shut down Wednesday because they'd failed to meet inspection requirements for more than 12 months.

RayPic.jpg Southern Rhode Island Newspapers is proud to announce that longtime staff photographer Ray Clayton has been named one of three entrants into the Rhode Island Press Association’s Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Clayton, who worked for SRIN for nearly 40 years as a fulltime photographer and freelanced for the Standard Times up until his death last December, will join East Bay Newspapers ...

RHODE ISLAND small businesses represent 95.9 percent of all employers in the state, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

By Shaun Kirby skirby@ricentral.com HIERED.jpg SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Current and former University of Rhode Island faculty and students, and also members of the general public gathered Tuesday evening to present their views on the affordability and accessibility of higher education to the House Commission to Study Public Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility in Rhode Island. The ...

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A report on the number of new businesses in Rhode Island is offering glimmers of hope for the state's battered economy.

She’s 16, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook . But Jessica Ahlquist is also an atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from her high school auditorium’s wall, where it has hung for 49 years.

A Rhode Island man was arrested on a felony drug charge after Westchester County Police reported finding 373 Oxycodone pills hidden in a shopping bag in his car's trunk.

A new car-sharing program was made available this week at Rhode Island College. Zipcar is a leading car-share program that started in Massachusetts. As of today, two zipcars have front row parking outside

A girl’s successful lawsuit to have a prayer removed from her high school has roiled the heavily Roman Catholic city of Cranston, where residents are appealing the decision.

Da'Quan Cook scored 18 points and Andrew Nicholson added 16 as St. Bonaventure pulled away from Rhode Island 72-66 in overtime Wednesday night for its second straight win. The Bonnies (11-7, 4-2 A-10), who trailed 40-30 at halftime, opened the second half on a 19-6 run to take a 49-46 lead with 9:42 left to play.