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Treasurer Diossa was also out of the country on a different vacation when a powerful committee held a hearing on one of his top legislative priorities.

The Rhode Island Office of Attorney General will take over the prosecution of the CEO of the Rhode Island Public Transport Authority (RIPTA), who has been charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly …

Editor's Note: We take a look at how the Rhode Island government has failed in the past to protect Rhode Islanders. The ongoing investigation into the failure of the Washington Bridge may be the newest breakdown and failure of providing basic protections

“I am concerned for our community, because we’ve been dealing with the brunt of the traffic delays and congestion,” Mayor Bob DaSilva said. “It’s starting to get on people’s nerves, get people frazzled and upset.”

State Senator Louis P. DiPalma has a New Year's resolution: Overhaul Rhode Island's Access to Public Records Act for the first time in more than a decade.

A former North Kingstown town councilor has stepped down from the state's ethics commission.

For decades, Rhode Island politicians have hired other politicians to serve on their staffs. The motivations and the situations vary.

On a June morning in 2012, Tim White was a witness to a milestone in government transparency.  After fourteen years, freedom of information advocates had An overhaul of the state's public records law sought to ensure government business happens in the open. Eleven years later, advocates and reporters are still fighting for access.

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The new ethics complaint is over a January lunch Governor McKee had with a lobbyist and executives from Scout Ltd., a Philadelphia firm seeking to redevelop the Cranston Street Armory.