The Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence is shown on Oct. 20, 2022. The state's Senate recently approved a $14 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year.

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.

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Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed an executive order on Monday to change what appears on government documents, and the state's legislature is moving forward with a bill to alter the name ...