The state’s jobless rate rose to 4.6 percent, compared to 3.9 percent a year ago, according to the labor department.

Shekarchi said he is unlikely to challenge Dan McKee in a Democratic primary next year, but he declined to endorse the ...

The Rhode Island health department has rolled out a new online mapping tool that allows residents to check if they have lead service lines.

While it will still be awhile before it's time to put hummingbird feeder out in RI, in other parts of the country it's time.

Texas announced the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade last week amid an ongoing outbreak. Here's where measles has ...

Rhode Island has launched a new online tool that ... IQ scores in children and stunts their development. It maps out the state’s 31,513 lead lines and galvanized lines that may absorb lead ...

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000 but has since made a comeback which experts attribute to international travel and the rise of anti-vaccine sentiment. It remains to be seen ...

This cave on a hillside near Tarbox Pond may have been a winter shelter for the Narragansetts. Find out why it's also known as "Witch's Cave." ...

Republicans are promoting private school choice, while Democrats are discussing K-12 funding increases. Most governors, however, are dodging the question of how to boost student achievement through ...

An unexpected pick, peanut butter pie, has captured the hearts of those in New Mexico, Maine, Montana, and Minnesota.

United States tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports took effect on Tuesday. The levies, set at 25 percent by US President ...

Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming because the sample sizes from that year were not significant enough, a Pew Research Center spokesperson said. For these states Newsweek's map ...