House Speaker Joe Shekarchi continues to deny that he wants to run for governor of Rhode Island next year, but that's not ...

Two lawsuits that alleged Nassau County's 19-district legislative map violated federal and state voting laws settled with a ...

President Trump named voter identification laws as a requirement for California before he would release disaster relief to ...

Why a corner of Providence's East Side has four names; and a debate over desktop flags and a dress code in the State House.

Patricia Socarras Santiago cut her teeth in Democratic politics in Rhode Island. Last year, she was working in the country’s ...

Visibly frail and alarmingly thin, Ruggerio can barely bang the gavel and accidentally failed to vote for himself as ...

California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. As the U.S. population shifts to the South, political power is seeping from ...

Governor McKee plans to put the gun proposal in the budget, and Senator DiPalma says the bill could be heard in his Finance ...

Approximately 62% of lawmakers in the Rhode Island General Assembly are calling on Gov. Dan McKee to declare a state of emergency this winter for the homeless population. (Getty image) Nearly 50 state ...

Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917, but they cannot vote in general elections and have no voting representation in Congress because of the island's political status. A majority of ...

The book explores the rise and fall of McCoy’s political machine, pulling back the curtain on the gritty mechanics of Rhode Island’s ethnic politics during the early 20th century. Patrick T.

The island’s relationship with the rest of the United States is the subject of vigorous debate. Puerto Rico’s political parties are demarcated by their different views on changing the island ...