8+ hour, 39+ min ago   (167+ words) Merriam-Webster defines "affordable," adjective, as "having a cost that is not too high." Since inflation spiked in 2022, candidates of nearly every political persuasion have put the term at the center of their campaigns. And they define it as they like....

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1697+ words) Football receives the fanfare but it’s hardly the only high school sport that’s ready to go for 2026. The Rhode Island Interscholastic League fall season kicked off on Aug. 17. In previous years, football would have a one-week head start, but things were…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (376+ words) While Rhode Islanders generally accept that groceries cost more now than ever before, we wanted to see whether we could confirm that, and maybe even put a number on it. We looked back to a story we did in June…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (542+ words) We’re in an era of data-driven state and city lists – safest, healthiest, happiest. But unscientific rankings can be equally revealing, and The New York Times just came up with one that inspired me. It captures America through 25 iconic “things,” and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (111+ words) This year, as the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Providence Journal is taking a look at how everyday life played out in Rhode Island in 1776 against a backdrop of extraordinary,... Smallpox, food shortages and war shaped everyday RI life in…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (447+ words) Providence, R.I. – A Rhode Island state prosecutor was put on unpaid leave for six months after she was captured on police body camera footage warning one of the officers who were arresting her on a trespassing charge that he was “gonna…...