The City of Providence and RI's Emergency Management Agency are expanding shelter capacity for the snow and bitter cold expected in the coming week.

The RI Natural History Survey presented its initial findings on the twenty-fifth annual Rhode Island BioBlitz at Middletown ...

Rhode Island was the site of two major wildfires in 2023, and the state saw over 40 forest fires this past fall alone. According to Brett Still, director of the Master of Environmental Science and ...

The $14.2-billion tax and spending plan for the year starting July 1 that McKee unveiled Thursday closes a projected ...

Zeldin said, if confirmed, that he’d foster collaboration and balance in his approach to carrying out the mission of the EPA.

The cost of meeting our net zero targets is rising all the time, and it is now hitting us all directly in our pockets ...

Rhode Island House Speaker Joe Shekarchi starts 2025 in an enviable position. He has overwhelming support from the members who make up the House of Representatives -- and won re-election as speaker ...

James Woods is watching his California home burn, as wildfires ravage the Palisades area. Woods, who is from and still has a ...

A Rhode Island school is ditching plastic foam trays at lunchtime in favor of reusable stainless steel trays and sporks. It’s ...

Michelle is a lead editor at Forbes Advisor. She has been a journalist for over 35 years, writing about insurance for consumers for the last decade. Prior to covering insurance, Michelle was a ...

Before the change, Rhode Island followed federal law, in which these people who were working were not considered to be employees and therefore not subject to Fair Labor and Standards Act, or FLSA.