An arms race of sorts has emerged between red states and blue states to reopen America, with Democrat and Republican governors developing rivaling plans to lead their states out of the darkness of the coronavirus crisis while the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force and President Donald Trump’s ultimate decision looms large over the country.
CVS Health announced on Monday that it is opening drive-through coronavirus testing sites in Georgia and Rhode Island.
Rhode Island police and members of the Rhode Island National Guard went door to door over the weekend to inform New Yorkers who fled the state to escape the outbreak that they must self-quarantine for 14 days as the state, and nation as a whole, continues in its efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Wednesday night hearings for gun control bills for the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee were cancelled over concerns that a “large crowd” of hearing attendees could contribute to the spread of the Coronavirus.
Public health officials in Rhode Island and Illinois reported new cases where patients received “presumptive positive” test results for COVID-19. The Rhode Island patient recently returned from Italy, officials stated.
The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory on Sunday urging Americans not to travel to two Italian regions hardest hit by the coronavirus, raising the level of warning for the Lombard and Veneto regions to the highest level.
Social media website Twitter recently verified a Republican congressional candidate on its platform — the only problem is that the candidate doesn’t exist and the account was invented by a high school student.
A pizza delivery driver got a sweet and unexpected surprise Saturday from a toddler in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
Christopher Castillo used a dating app to choose an unwitting woman as his getaway driver on their first date.
Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin has registered his frustration with the Democrats’ abortion extremism, wondering aloud why pro-lifers are no longer welcome in the party.
Three people were shot in the area of a senior living complex in Westerly, Rhode Island.
A Good Samaritan rescued a Rhode Island dog that wound up stranded on the roof of a home, according to a video of the incident.
A notorious leader of the “Almighty Latin Kings” gang, now accused of murder, instantly returned to a life of drugs and violence after being released from federal prison by the “First Step Act.”
A notorious leader of the “Almighty Latin Kings” gang has been arrested for murdering a man less than a year after being freed from federal prison by the “First Step Act.”
A notorious leader of the “Almighty Latin Kings” gang is now on the run after allegedly stabbing a man to death in Rhode Island, just nine months after being released from federal prison thanks to the “First Step Act.”
A Tuesday morning vote by the state’s Ethics Commission has led to the imminent investigation of Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) over dealings with gaming giant International Game Technology (IGT), the same company that runs the state lottery.
President Donald Trump berated New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, recounting a phone conversation he had with the economist while playing golf.
Rhode Island Democrat Gov. Gina Raimondo signed into law Wednesday the Reproductive Privacy Act, legislation that allows abortion up until the moment of birth.
A bill that would have expanded unlimited late-term abortion in Rhode Island failed in the state Senate Judiciary Committee this week.
Four Rhode Island towns have declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries in the last two weeks.
Over 50 visually impaired Rhode Island children sought beeping Easter eggs on the Statehouse lawn on Thursday.
The indomitable bishop of Providence has upbraided the two Rhode Island senators for their pro-infanticide vote Tuesday.
Transgender activists are lobbying the courts to achieve their goal of removing children from the homes of parents who refuse to affirm their child’s new, self-proclaimed gender identity.
Democrats in Rhode Island and Vermont are following in the wake of those in New York and Virginia in proposing bills that would strip most restrictions on abortion.
Lesperance said GOP losses in the region “were a continuation of a trend that began way before Donald Trump, but his presidency has increased the disconnect between New England Republicans and the broader national Republican Party.”
Authorities arrested and charged two dozen people for carrying out $50,000 worth of food stamp fraud, according to investigators with the Rhode Island State Police.
Rhode Island Democrats rescinded its controversial endorsement Thursday of a Donald Trump-voting male candidate over a sitting female lawmaker.
The redoubtable bishop of Providence, Thomas J. Tobin, has welcomed attacks by the Rhode Island abortion lobby, calling their verbal assault a “wonderful compliment.”
A Rhode Island deputy sheriff has been accused of taking food stamp benefits while raking in a tax-free state salary.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be in attendance at President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening.
The Providence Police Department in Rhode Island released video footage Friday of a deadly shooting on Interstate 95 that involved several police officers as evidence for why the department’s use of deadly force was justified.
The California State Assembly announced Tuesday that the legislative body will hold public hearings on the issue of sexual harassment in the Golden State’s Capitol, in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Moody’s credit rating service warned on Wednesday that new tax hikes by Illinois’ Democrat-controlled legislature, which over-rode a Republican governor’s veto, may still leave the state insolvent and subject to its debt being the first in the nation to be downgraded to “junk.”
A Rhode Island man accused of posing as an Uber driver to allegedly lure a 15-year-old girl into his car and sexually assault her has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges.
In an interview with Providence, RI CBS affiliate WPRI, incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer emphasized the role President-elect Donald Trump’s Twitter use will have during his presidency. Spicer called the use of social media a “direct pipeline” and
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — The congregation that worships at the nation’s oldest synagogue prevailed Monday in a bitter legal fight that threatened its existence, as a federal judge ruled it may now control its own destiny and decide what
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump considers himself the presumptive Republican nominee, having swept five states. He won by more than 50 percent in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Rhode Island.
Former congressman Robert Walker of Pennsylvania, a supporter of Governor John Kasich’s presidential campaign, appeared on Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM with host Stephen K. Bannon to discuss Kasich’s “strong” chances in the Keystone State and his alliance he formed with fellow candidate Ted Cruz.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump weighed in on the news about NFL Patriot’s Quarterback Tom Brady’s suspension being restored during his campaign rally in Warwick, Rhode Island on Monday.
Top staff from both the Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaigns issued separate statements Sunday evening, saying they would be working in concert to prevent GOP frontrunner Donald Trump from securing enough delegates to win a first-round vote at the Republican National convention.
