Nancy Lavin

After record-breaking turnout in the Sept. 9 primaries, including a wave of early voting, just over 30,000 voters cast ballots at designated municipal polling places in the first eight days since early voting began Oct. 14.

Ken Block’s campaign calculus rests squarely on the numbers.

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on state legislative races, chosen based on competitiveness between candidates and relevant district issues.

Rep. Chris Paplauskas, a first-term Republican, faces Democrat Colleen Crudele and independent Allan Fung in the race for Cranston's House District 15. The race features a web of family ties and longstanding rivalries, mostly between Paplauskas and Fung.

A pair of solar carports, a battery storage system and an electric vehicle charging station will increase the renewable energy capacity of Rhode

A $9.3 million project to add solar carports, a battery storage system and an electric vehicle charging station on the state's Smith Hill campus has received a $4.5 million federal earmark with the promise of another $3.7 million in redeemable federal tax credits once completed.

Represented by Sen. Thomas Paolino since 2016 Geography: parts of North Smithfield, Lincoln, and North Providence

A professional chauffeur, a clinical psychologist, a civil litigator, and a lead paint inspection company owner. It’s not the beginning of a joke about an unlikely combination of people walking into a bar. It’s the list of candidates vying to represent Rhode Island’s Senate District 17, the only state legislative race with four names on […]

Kristin Sousa, Rhode Island's Medicaid program director, will serve as interim secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services starting Oct. 29, Gov.

Kristin Sousa, Rhode Island’s Medicaid program director, will serve as interim secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services starting Oct. 29. She fills the opening left by Richard Charest, who is leaving to work as CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital.