What were you doing on Nov. 4, 2023? Amanda Zimmer remembers. She went for a walk that night, and left her phone at home. When she returned, a text message was waiting.

“The message came from my younger child,” Zimmer said, “And it stated, ‘Owen is dead. Owen committed suicide. Dad is yelling, please call me.’”

On Tuesday afternoon, Zimmer recalled that night as...

The embattled Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council was dealt another blow last week after a Superior Court judge tossed one of its most high-profile and controversial decisions because the panel violated its own procedures.

The

Summer electric bill savings will be less noticeable than years past for Rhode Island Energy customers because of fee hikes and the cutoff of temporary, cold-weather discounts.

The average Rhode Island Energy residential customer can expect to save $7.31, or 4.8% on monthly electricity bills starting April 1, according to

Democratic attorneys general this week filed their 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration, part of a coordinated legal strategy. 

And the attorneys general say they are winning most of their court cases against the administration. Of the 67 cases with court rulings, the Democratic Attorneys General Association

The Rhode Island State House parking lot doubled as a part of a test track Tuesday afternoon, where a Toyota Prius hatchback took several loops to and from Rhode Island’s capitol building.

But it wasn’t the car being tested. Instead, the focus was on a small device clipped to the Prius’ driver-side air vent and connected to the vehicle’s accelerator that prevents it fr...