Rhode Island’s unemployment rate ticked up in January, even as employers added jobs
The state’s jobless rate rose to 4.6 percent, compared to 3.9 percent a year ago, according to the labor department.
Men sentenced to prison for large-scale retail theft from Home Depot stores in R.I., Mass., Conn.
Two of the four men charged, all of them Guatemalan immigrants, were sentenced on Thursday and ordered to be removed from the ...
What is the state of RI’s job market?
The Boston Globe’s Omar Mohammed, joined 12 News at 4 to discuss the state’s current job market and where things are heading moving forward.
One of the best specialty food festivals in America is in New England, according to USA Today readers
One of the best specialty food festivals in America is in New England, according to USA Today's 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.
South Coast Rail will begin service soon. Will your commute change?
For the first time in 65 years, communities in southeastern Massachusetts will have rail service to downtown Boston.
Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell among group suing Trump administration over 'unlawful efforts' to dismantle Department of Education
The DOE announced Tuesday that it would be eliminating nearly half of its workforce as part of its "final mission" to dismantle the department.
This RI food festival is one of the best in the country, per USA TODAY. How to go this year
Seafood lovers, Rhode Island has the perfect festival for you. USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards just released its festival award winners, and a seafood festival in the Ocean State ...