The University of Rhode Island will break ground Wednesday on a new on-campus student housing development that officials say will add more than 1,100 beds and help address growing demand for housing ...

Washington Trust Bancorp reported a year-end profit of $52.2 million for 2025 on Wednesday, reversing a net loss of $28.1 million in 2024.

More than 102,000 Rhode Islanders needed help putting food on the table when federal food benefits were halted last November during the government shutdown – the highest number ever recorded by the ...

The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday it has awarded nearly $7 million in funding that will benefit more than 100 nonprofits across the state. The funding which will come from the two new ...

Textron Inc. on Wednesday reported a $921 million profit for 2025, up 11.7% from the $824 million one year prior.  Earnings per diluted share were $5.12 compared with $4.34 the year prior.  The maker ...

Two Providence public schools have been named recipients of the 2025 Rhode Island Green Ribbon Award. The R.I. Department of ...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $636,000 in grants to more than 24 animal welfare programs across the ...

Bristol County Savings Bank through its Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation awarded grants totaling $326,325 to 40 ...

Are GLP-1 drugs prescribed for weight loss becoming too outsized a line item for continued coverage through the state ...

U.S. consumer confidence declined sharply in January, hitting the lowest level since 2014 as Americans grow increasingly concerned about their financial prospects. The Conference Board said Tuesday ...

Copley Chambers, a rooming house built in 1913 at 206 Broad St. that was restored and reopened in 2024 as housing for young adults, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. ...

The December unemployment rate of 4.3% in Rhode Island was the second highest in New England behind Massachusetts but below the national rate of 4.4%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.