New rules for blue crab fishing in Rhode Island. Under the new regulations, fishermen will be free to catch blue crabs ...

Following the testimony of more than a dozen people, the Rice County Board of Commissioners unanimously enacted the ordinance ...

The Rhode Island General Assembly is reminding local businesses of a new law for vapes in 2025. All flavored nicotine vapes ...

A flavored vape ban has taken effect in Rhode Island. It's just one of a list of new laws across Southern New England ...

Minimum wage in Rhode Island finally ended its years-long march to $15 an hour on Wednesday — one of a number of state laws that go into effect or change on the first of the year. In 2021, Gov. Dan ...

(WJAR) — A mobile shelter for the homeless is returning to Woonsocket. The City Council approved a new lease earlier this ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island General Assembly is turning out a bevy of new laws for 2025. Starting Wednesday, ...

Rhode Island's minimum wage will increase to $15 - the last in a series of yearly raises. Domestic workers will also be ...

RI's minimum wage goes up to $15 an hour, the sale of flavored vapes are banned, and other new laws go into effect. Here's ...

Rhode Island's governor announced Friday that a state health care system was targeted in a cyberattack that may have resulted in personal information being stolen. RIBridges, part of the Executive ...

Two e-cigarette retail businesses had sought a temporary restraining order to block the law from taking effect on Jan. 1.