There is a move afoot to honor the late Senate President Dominick Ruggerio by naming the Senate chamber after him. Ruggerio died on April 21 after more than four decades as a Rhode Island legislator, ...

The Rhode Island General Assembly meets for a little over six months a year, and most of the activity happens in the final ...

The former DNC vice chair urged lawmakers to ban the sale, purchase, and possession of such weapons, while R.I. AFL-CIO ...

A photograph of late Senate President Dominick Ruggerio is displayed on a monitor in the Senate chamber at the Rhode Island State House, Monday, April 21, 2025.

Minutes into the earlier Senate debate, Democratic Sen. Pamela Lauria attempted to reinstate the language banning possession ...

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.

Dominick Ruggerio, Rhode Island's longest-serving legislator at nearly 44 years and its Senate president since 2017, died Monday, his office said. He was 76.

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.

Bill S. 0451, which was introduced to the Rhode Island Senate last month, permits the state’s residents and businesses to make up to 10 payments in bitcoin valued at less than $1,000 per month (or ...

A mere month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), Rhode Island passed a budget that legalized retail sports betting in the state. The ...

A powerful figure in Rhode Island politics has died. Senate President Dominick Ruggerio passed away early Monday morning at the age of 76, after he went back into the hospital last week due to ...