A Rhode Island defense contractor that sold woolen blankets to the Army has agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to settle allegations that it violated a law requiring companies that supply the military to manufacture their products in the U.S. using American labor, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.… MORE
The City of Providence has acquired the former headquarters of the Urban League of Rhode Island, planning to transformer the Prairie Ave. property into “a future community hub” the Upper South Providence neighborhood.… MORE
Workers removed tents set up outside of Rhode Island’s State House on Saturday after a judge sided with Democratic Gov. Dan McKee in a lawsuit over the people who had been camping there to protest a lack of adequate housing. … MORE
Governor Dan McKee on Monday continued to doubt homeless advocates who claim there are some 80 encampments of homeless individuals around Rhode Island, and said that he spent time on Saturday scouring the state looking for campsites without success.… MORE
Boston area commuters celebrated the opening of a major extension of the region’s subway system on Monday. … MORE
A judge blocked plans by the McKee administration to evict homeless campers from around the State House on Friday, as dozens of people rallied in support of the campers.… MORE
The city of Pawtucket is lifting restrictions on political campaign signs under a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, officials said Tuesday.… MORE
A Rhode Island man was arrested without incident by federal agents Tuesday, charged in the January 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol when rioters tried to disrupt the certification of the election of Joe Biden and the transfer of power from former President Donald Trump.… MORE
A deadly, quadruple-shooting in the night in Fall River where authorities are treating the incident as a domestic murder-suicide. A man shot and killed another man and wounded two women, before turning the gun on himself.… MORE
Recreational marijuana can now be legally purchased in Rhode Island, with the December 1 start of adult-use cannabis sales at five state-sanctioned compassion centers under a newly enacted law. … MORE
