Democrats backed two senators with deep ties to organized labor to take over the chamber after a year dominated by the failing health of their former leader.

With Lawson elevating from Majority Leader to President, Senator Frank A. Ciccone has been elected Senate Majority Leader.

The city of East Providence is now offering Julia Dempsey to stay until January 31st of next year, but a spokesperson for the mayor's office would not answer why the mayor had a change of heart.

The second half of the spring sports season got started Monday. We've got recaps, scores and more from games around the state ...

In May, chef Ed Davis — who previously worked at Birch, the Dorrance, Farmstead, and Oberlin — plans to open Debbie’s.

Oweb Koczera played the hero from the No. 8 hole in the bottom of the sixth, and Andrew Nocera closed it out with a 1-2-3 top of the seventh.

Changes to the boys volleyball power rankings come in spurts. But this week, as we near the midseason mark, the alterations ...

The second half of the girls lacrosse season starts this week. Here's how the Journal ranked the top teams in each division ...

Ojeda, Gray and Habib come to URI from VCU, Saint Louis and George Mason, respectively. It mirrors what the Rams did when ...

The transfer portal for college basketball closed last week. All four of Rhode Island's Division I men's basketball teams ...

Newport, and Rhode Island in general, have deep connections to some of the most infamous pirates of the Golden Age, including ...

LINCOLN — Rhode Island State Police arrested three individuals on various charges during separate incidents over a 24-hour ...