07/17/11 Public hearing will be held Wednesday on filling vacancy caused by retirement of Judge Edwin Gale
07/17/11 Rhode Island wrestles with red tape in effort to streamline rules, jumpstart troubled economy
07/16/11 SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - U.S. governors meeting in Salt Lake City this weekend called for a quick resolution to the current impasse over raising the U.S. borrowing limit, saying they worried about impacts to their own credit scores.
07/16/11 SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - State governors meeting in Utah Saturday urged a speedy resolution to the deadlock in Washington over lifting the U.S. debt ceiling to avoid what they called an embarrassing default on U.S. obligations.
07/10/11 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (July 10, 2011) -- Today, more than 1,300 athletes ranging in age from 18 to 74 entered the water at the 2011 Amica Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island.
07/09/11 A serious car accident in Central Falls has claimed the life of a 34-year old from Lincoln.
07/08/11 Rhode Island would create a special high school for students struggling with substance abuse under legislation awaiting a signature from Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee).
07/08/11 Rhode Island state workers are seeing a 3 percent raise in their paychecks this week.
07/07/11 The state budget mandates the closing of one of two medium security prisons at the Adult Correctional Institutions.
07/07/11 A federal appeals court upholds a petition from a Rhode Island murder suspect to stay a lower court order handing him over to federal authorities who want to put him trial on charges that carry a possible death penalty.
07/07/11 In support of her new album _The Harrow & The Harvest+, which landed a #20 spot on Billboard, Gillian Welch has announced the second leg of her fall tour.
07/06/11 Event Time / Additional Information: 8 to 9:30 a.m. The Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce will host its Speed Networking event from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Studio One RI, 85 Industrial Circle, Suite 4102, Lincoln.
06/30/11 The Rhode Island Senate on Wednesday passed a $7.7 billion state budget, sending the bill to Gov. Lincoln Chafee's desk just two days before the new spending plan would take effect.
06/30/11 A federal judge ordered Rhode Island officials Thursday to hand a suspect in a fatal robbery over to federal authorities after the governor refused to do so because the man could face the death penalty if convicted.
06/30/11 After lengthy and at times acrimonious debate Thursday, the Rhode Island House of Representatives sent to Gov. Lincoln Chafee a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls starting next year.
06/30/11 A federal judge ordered Rhode Island officials Thursday to hand a suspect in a fatal robbery over to federal authorities after the governor, a death penalty opponent, refused to do so because the man could face execution if...
06/30/11 Rhode Island drivers have to be extra careful to buckle up before their final morning commute of the week since Gov. Lincoln Chafee Thursday signed into law a bill allowing police to pull over adult motorists and fine them $75 for not wearing seat belts.
06/30/11 The U.S. Department of Justice has warned that large-scale dispensaries that would provide medical marijuana in Rhode Island could face federal prosecution for violating drug and money-laundering laws.
06/30/11 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) has signed a $7.7 billion budget into law for the fiscal year that begins Friday.
06/23/11 A marijuana case against a Rhode Island man has been dismissed following a Nebraska judge's rejection of the evidence. | 
