Massachusetts has a new perk for parent politicians running for office, but the same benefit has gone unused in Rhode Island.

President Donald Trump made good on his campaign promise to pardon defendants charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

Patricia Socarras Santiago cut her teeth in Democratic politics in Rhode Island. Last year, she was working in the country’s newest swing state in a presidential election year.

Rhode Island is “full of progress and promise,” Gov. Dan McKee said during his State of the State address Tuesday night, arguing that New England’s longtime economic laggard is flipping the script on old narratives while stepping into the future.

Resident physicians and fellows at Kent, Women & Infants and Butler hospitals say they're seeking better pay and improved working conditions.

A contingent of 23 troopers helped officers with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, staffing a detail that kept them on Pennsylvania Avenue for 15 hours on inauguration day, according to Rhode Island State Police Maj. John Allen, who commands the organization's uniformed division.