Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee recently vetoed a bill that would have created a new registration plate.
Sewer expansions in north Tiverton could decrease pollution in the Mt. Hope Bay, but could cost taxpayers up to $71.74 million over 20 years.
David Darlington, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, says the state will lose 13.5 million over nine months as a direct result of the toll delay.
New surcharges for licenses and registrations went into effect on July 1.
Drivers cited for the primary offense will be charged $40 instead of the prior $85.
Rear Adm. Walter E. “Ted” Carter Jr., of Burrillville, has been named President of the U.S. Naval War College.
Tolls will begin on July 10 on the new Sakonnet River Bridge, announced the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority Wednesday.
The Rhode Island House voted to include the repayment of so-called "moral obligation bonds" in its fiscal 2014 budget proposal.
By a 5-4 vote, justices on June 26 ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
House Democrats will vote an an article to the state budget sometime in the next week that could defer toll collection pending the results of a six-month study on alternative options to raising infrastructure supporting revenue.
The House Finance Committee sent its 2013-14 budget recommendations without alternatives to bridge tolls.
The Middletown Town Council voted to not support the proposed Newport County STEAM Charter School
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management keeps an eye on the Bay from about three dozen sites, according to the Providence Journal.
The Portsmouth Town Council met Monday night at Town Hall.
The Tiverton Town Council will meet tonight at Tiverton Town Hall.
A bill introduced on Wednesday night in the House and Senate would create an a dedicated funding source to pay for large bridges statewide.
Beginning on June 25, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) will discount the cost of its E-ZPass transponders from its usual price of $20.95 to just $10.
About 165,000 acres of ocean will be opened to commercial wind developments, the Interior Department announced this week.
A roundup of all the governmental meetings this week in Tiverton and Little Compton.
Beginning June 3, advocacy services for domestic violence — including those provided by Women's Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties — will be closed on Mondays.
The town of Portsmouth issued a "stop-work" order on the new Sakonnet River Bridge on Friday.
The Main Road on-ramp to the Sakonnet River Bridge opened Friday to the public.