Bills recently introduced in the General Assembly would make it harder to take books off of public shelves by requiring that ...

Rhode Island’s oldest functioning courthouse is the Kent County Courthouse in East Greenwich The state’s oldest non-working courthouse is likely the Old Colony House in Newport. The ...

Licht Judicial Complex, built in a striking Georgian architectural style from 1928 to 1933 between Benefit and South Water streets in Providence ... Old Colony House was known as Rhode Island ...

He was a founder of the College of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (later Brown University) where he served as Chancellor. He had business interests throughout his life, ...

Rhode Island’s full name—The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation—was carelessly omitted. Mr. Gifford modified the formula when he announced that Massachusetts “seemed” to ...

The United States of America initially consisted of 13 states that had been British colonies until their independence was declared in 1776 and verified by the Treaty of Paris in 1783: New Hampshire, ...

Farm Fresh R.I. says the cuts to the USDA will mean a loss of nearly $3 million for local food programs and have an impact on ...

If you want to immerse yourself in history as well as nature, Rhode Island also has plenty of historical parks, with the ...

The city of Providence is not a stranger to hosting the madness of March, having first hosted back in 1975. Rhode Island’s capital will once again host the first two rounds of the NCAA ...