With its fallen bridges and reconstructed highways sucking up so much attention, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (DOT) has a significant caseload of high-level distractions. A couple of …

Do you want to see a roundabout with expanded lanes on the Parkway at Lyon Avenue?

Bullying is not simply a school yard confrontation. It can be physical, verbal, social, sexual, or online, and there is no single response that solves all of these problems.

There is a strange measure of success that many desirable communities eventually confront. People want to live there. Home values rise. Neighborhoods become more sought after. A house bought decades …

To the editor: For the past year I’ve worked in an eye doctor’s office in East Providence, literally helping hundreds of East Providence residents to see. Today I am writing this article in …

 STORY OF THE WEEK : If you want something done, ask a busy person. That seems to be the mantra of Ken Block’s independent run for governor of Rhode Island. With just 46 days until voting ends …

Why does it feel like I am being told to simply accept that The Land of the Free is rapidly becoming The Land of the Perpetually Surveilled?

To the editor: At the conclusion of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address reminded us that we are a “government of the people, by the people, for the people” — a democracy …

The charter vs. non-charter school debate in Rhode Island was ignited this year by a three-year moratorium on new or expanded charters. The state is required to fund its established community …

It happens every two years in Rhode Island. In late August, a few leaves begin twirling down from trees. College students depart; or return. Yellow buses return to the roads. And then, bam! It’s …

To the editor: At the conclusion of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address reminded us that we are a “government of the people, by the people, for the people” — a democracy …

To the editor: I asked chatGPT if there were any political candidates in Rhode Island addressing the fact that there is still no Vietnam memorial. The answer was decisively “no.” There is a …

Should phones be locked away from kids through the entire school day? I can see both sides.

Primum non nocere – Latin for “first, do no harm” – is an abiding principle of medical ethics, and sometimes politics. This axiom helps explain why Rhode …

To the editor: In third and fourth grades, I learned multiplication and division...it wasn’t until about the eighth grade when I really noticed the difference between “rich” people and people …

I thought accepting a part-time job would be the easy part. Instead, I spent nearly a week trying to convince software that I existed. The job itself was straightforward. The hiring process was …

1. STORY OF THE WEEK:  All eyes are on Gov. Dan McKee to see which finalist he picks for a coveted vacancy on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The state Judicial Nominating Commission this week …

While we would all like for things to stay the same, change can create renewed beauty we never would have found otherwise.

There is finally some encouraging news about climate change, and Rhode Islanders have the Heartland Institute to thank for it.

To the editor: Readers may remember a letter to the editor a few months back alerting them that Citizens Bank was lending money to two companies investing in ICE detention camps that house as many as …

To the editor: The recent letter casting aspersions on the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority's stewardship of the Mount Hope Bridge is long on alarming rhetoric and misinformation but short …

To the editor: The recent letter casting aspersions on the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority’s (RITBA) stewardship of the Mt. Hope Bridge is long on alarming rhetoric and …

A resident brought an issue to us, we followed up and shared that with the city administration, and they addressed it. Can local government really work that quickly?

To the editor: Concerning Mr. Edwards' recent letter ("Enough already with the assault on wealth", July 15, 2026, letter to the editor by Jay P. Edwards of Tiverton), the rich may have obtained their …

I have been a teacher in the district for 37 years, and have not seen this type of feedback before.