Rhode Island House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi has introduced a new package of housing legislation. Highlights include allowing property owners to divide single-family lots and legalizing ...

State lawmakers are taking a modest approach to encourage new home construction across Rhode Island: Only nine bills, down ...

Our advocacy is working,” Shekarchi said in a statement. “But building takes time, and we are still trying to play catch-up for all the years that Rhode Island was dead last in the country for new ...

Puddingstone Music will present a special off-island musical salon in collaboration with the Jamestown Arts Center on Saturday, March 14, at 4 p.m., featuring Grammy-winning Canadian cellist Arlen ...

The author says Rhode Island's direct military role in the American Revolution was limited, but its unique history of individual freedom inspired the nation.

Louisiana can proceed with a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, according to a federal court ...

Carubin, an associate teaching professor of graphic design at the University of Rhode Island, has volunteered her time and expertise to help the museum create its first unified digital identity, ...

Massachusetts gets much of the historical glory. But Rhode Island became a center of resistance, providing brave soldiers, and offering a safe harbor.

CELINA- Commonly known as the Savior of the South, Nathanael Greene defied all odds on his pursuit of notoriety and American independence, ultimately earning the coveted title of George Washington ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A new rug in the Rhode Island State House somehow got the seal of approval despite having the wrong seal. The $70,000 rug was installed Feb. 2 in the second-floor State Room, ...

AMAGANSETT, Long Island (WABC) -- A well-known home on Long Island collapsed and officials suspect the cold weather is to blame. The famous house, dubbed the "stilt house," in Amagansett is now ...

EXETER, Rhode Island — There is a delicate art to creating snow. Not many know that better than Joe Marfeo, 27, the head snowmaker at Yawgoo Valley Ski Area. The outside temperature can’t be above 27 ...