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, ...

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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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.