MARLBOROUGH - Less than two days after being placed on paid leave from the school district's superintendent job, Barbara McGann suffered a stroke and is in a Rhode Island hospital, her sister said ...

Former first lady Barbara Bush made visits to Rhode Island during the presidency of her husband, George H. W. Bush.Mrs. Bush made an appearance at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence on June 13, 1989 ...

Governor Lincoln Chafee has ordered all state flags lowered to half-staff in memory of Barbara Leonard, who served as Rhode Island’s secretary of state in the mid-1990s. Leonard died Thursday ...

Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung, ... She’s a physical therapist at Rhode Island Hospital, so she didn’t join the Health and Human Services committee. Instead, ...

Republican Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung on Tuesday defeated Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, one of Rhode Island’s most powerful politicians, in an election that set a new state record ...

Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins was cleared of a nepotism complaint by the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. The Ethics Commission voted 5-0 Tuesday to dismiss complaints over the hiring of Hopkins' son ...

While in the Navy, McGann said, her duties included managing a $550 million-plus budget and testifying before Congress on naval matters. She also served as CEO of the Red Cross in Rhode Island ...

Rhode Island is joining a growing list of states mandating that Asian American and Pacific Islander history be taught in public schools. Gov. Dan McKee, a Democrat, signed the legislation over the ...

The Trump administration has suggested a 26 percent cut in NOAA’s budget, which could cripple the University of Rhode Island's oceanography program. Rhode Islanders should contact Senators Jack ...