According to calculations by SmartAsset, Rhode Island is in the top 15 most expensive states to be middle class. Massachusetts is the most expensive.

Canva Counties with the longest life expectancy in Rhode Island Life expectancy rates have been on the rise in the United States, with an increase of nearly seven years over the past half-century. (The average lifespan was 70.

The Steel Yard is a nonprofit community arts center that focuses on making the industrial fire arts accessible to all. The self-described “non-traditional craft school” offers programs in blacksmithing, welding, jewelry, foundry and ceramics. Classes vary from single sessions to longer workshops and serve people of all skill levels.

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island John J. McConnell, Jr. granted an injunction from 23 states blocking the Trump administration's "categorical freeze of appropriated and obligated funds.

A trade war between the U.S. and Canada will likely be costly for Rhode Islanders. That’s because Canada is by far the state’s largest international trading partner, accounting for 22% of Rhode Island’s exports to the world.

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island granted the preliminary injunction in the lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic states, including Oregon, after a Trump administration plan for a sweeping pause on federal spending stirred up a wave of confusion and anxiety across the United States.