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Former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Almond dies
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo-term Republican Governor Lincoln Almond, who spent 20 years as Rhode Island’s top federal prosecutor busting gangsters, money launderers, and corrupt...
In her campaign for governor, Nellie Gorbea bills herself as the underestimated candidate
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPROVIDENCE – Not long after declaring herself the frontrunner to be Rhode Island's next governor,...
Former RI governor and US attorney Lincoln Almond dies at 86
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLincoln Almond, a former two-term Republican governor of Rhode Island and longtime U.S. attorney in...
Rhode Island used to have rent control. What would it take to bring it back?
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOne landlord raised rent from $875 to $1,800 across several apartment buildings, forcing all but...
RI Gov. McKee faces GOP challenger in bid for 1st full term
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRhode Island voters are deciding Tuesday whether Democratic Gov. Dan McKee will get to serve his...
Sabina Matos, an Afro Latina lieutenant governor, reflects on her history-making trajectory
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRhode Island Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos is the first Black woman to hold statewide office, and the Afro...
Rebellion? Murders? Here are four of the most haunted restaurants in Rhode Island
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAs a New England state with more than its fair share of Colonial-era buildings still in use, it's...
Republican Aaron Guckian wants to make the RI lieutenant governor's office a help center
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCorrection: A previous version of this story misstated Aaron Guckian's name in the headline....
The far left wages an internal fight: Help Democrats or reject the establishment?
NBC News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA progressive organizer backed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a good shot at...
What's changed (and what hasn't) in 20 years of RI politics? New book dives deep.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPROVIDENCE – Political junkies, history buffs and baffled Rhode Island newbies – this one's for you....