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A fresh, sharp look at news, life and politics in Charlestown, Rhode Island

With House Finance Committee poised to unveil state budget bill, Senate President Dominick Ruggerio provides an update on his health, saying he hopes to return soon and will seek re-election.

With the cost of housing still extremely high, find out why Millennials prefer to buy costly new construction homes.

PORTSMOUTH — Reinstating general revenue sharing to cities and towns, free meals for all public school students and incentive pay to recruit and retain police officers and firefighters are some …

RI parents and the state agreed to a deal that commits RI health officials to hold public hearings on the efficacy of school mask mandates.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

Two bypass lanes for westbound Interstate 195 traffic over the Washington Bridge opened early Friday morning in an effort to alleviate traffic congestion created earlier this week when officials closed

Why is the bridge unsafe? When will it be fixed? Who's being affected by the closure? Your questions about the closure of the westbound lanes of the Washington Bridge, answered.

“This is the biggest story in Rhode Island since COVID. Nothing else has affected 90,000 people a day like this,” said one East Providence resident whose 15-minute Providence commute took nearly 2 hours Tuesday.

Lawrence, a news desert Last week I explained what a “new desert” is and why Lawrence qualifies as one.  Without access to local news, residents are kep