Steph Machado

The bipartisan bill was introduced this week by Rhode Island Representative Gabe Amo and New Jersey Representative Tom Kean

An East Providence manufacturing plant will shut down completely, while a Middletown construction company is laying off workers but not closing

PROVIDENCE — A lawsuit will be filed this month over the failure of the Washington Bridge on Interstate 195 West, which was closed in December due to a “critical failure” and never reopened.

The district currently pays millions to send some children with special needs to other districts and private schools because of the staffing shortage

PROVIDENCE — Nearly five years into the state takeover of the Providence public schools , R.I. education commissioner Angélica Infante-Green wants to extend it for “up to three years.”

A 7-year-old girl was shot and seriously wounded in Providence Thursday night while she sat in a car with family members, an act of gun violence a top Providence police commander called an “unfathomable tragedy.”

The charges against two men in the shooting will be upgraded to murder, police said.

Federal Taphouse & Kitchen, which served “American comfort food” and had dozens of beers on tap, filed to surrender its liquor license and related business licenses on Aug. 26, according to documents filed with the city of Providence.

Should cannabis retailers be selected based on merit, or through a random drawing? State officials are aiming to do both.

Providence, East Providence, and the state of Rhode Island are giving out grants up to $2,500. Applications are due Sept. 24.