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Last year, Rhode Island Energy, a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based PPL, filed for an electricity rate increase of nearly 50%. This year the company is filing for an additional 24% increase.

GoLocal has confirmed that Brown University officials were warned about a threat that DJ Hernandez — the brother of convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez — was planning to shoot people on the Brown University campus.

The battle lines are drawn. On one side is the Providence City Council, and on the other side is Providence developer Arnold “Buff” Chace and Providence Mayor Brett Smiley.

A woman who stole more than $10 million in Rhode Island — and was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison — now has a new claim to fame.

A man was fatally stabbed in the city on Wednesday afternoon. It is the city's ninth homicide of the year.

On Tuesday night Mayor Brett Smiley continued to warn the Providence City Council that the hiring of attorney Max Wistow to pursue a legal strategy to recover funds from Providence developer Arnold “Buff” Chace was a bad decision for the city.

Some political observers have questioned the political strategy behind President Biden’s decision to fully take responsibility and, from his vantage point, credit for the economy through branding his economic approach as “Bidenomics.”

The National Weather Service is predicting high temps -- and scattered thunderstorms -- for Rhode Island this week.

There was once a time when hurricanes swept up Narragansett Bay and pushed flood waters into downtown Providence. The impact was devastating. Then, after repeated destructive storms, the federal built a significant hurricane barrier.

A man was shot in Providence — as he was reportedly going to get food.