Ric Thornton aims to reduce the $6.2 million dollars worth of outstanding fines for missing or overdue state campaign finance reports by 25% by the end of the year. The state campaign finance director doesn’t expect to convince former candidates and officeholders to make good on their six-figure debts.

Rhode Island’s political waters got unusually choppy in 2023, when the state’s two longtime incumbents chose to depart within the span of 10 months. Now, their replacements — Democratic Reps. Gabe Amo and Seth Magaziner — are largely settled into their new roles.

Running on a fiscally conservative and pro-individual freedom platform, Brito’s campaign is a longshot bid in deep-blue Providence.

The Rhode Island Department of State said that the deadline to register for the special primaries for the Providence City Council Ward 2, North Providence Town Council – District 2, and Charlestown Town Council was upcoming.

Ward 2 is home to approximately 13,000 eligible voters — yet only 7,000 are actively registered. Only about 4,000 voters cast a ballot in the most recent election for the seat. Data compiled by Brown Votes’s Research Team shows that,

Authorities in Rhode Island — where Wilmer Puello-Mota was arrested in 2020 and from where he fled prosecution in 2024 — are aware that he’s been in contact with Holyoke City Hall and are investigating.

Keith Hoffmann, who worked in a series of different roles in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office, formally announced Tuesday his campaign to be the state’s next attorney general. Hoffmann, 38,

A status report on redevelopment of the former Metacomet golf course; and demystifying the world of political party committees.