Canva Counties with the longest life expectancy in Rhode Island Life expectancy rates have been on the rise in the United States, with an increase of nearly seven years over the past half-century. (The average lifespan was 70.

According to calculations by SmartAsset, Rhode Island is in the top 15 most expensive states to be middle class. Massachusetts is the most expensive.

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island John J. McConnell, Jr. granted an injunction from 23 states blocking the Trump administration's "categorical freeze of appropriated and obligated funds.

Stacker compiled a list of the best scenic drives in Rhode Island using data from Tripadvisor as of March 2024.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha provides an update on the sale of Narragansett Electric, Monday, May 23, 2022. (WLNE file image) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Attorney General Peter Neronha said a coalition of attorney generals secured a preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v.

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island granted the preliminary injunction in the lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic states, including Oregon, after a Trump administration plan for a sweeping pause on federal spending stirred up a wave of confusion and anxiety across the United States.

A trade war between the U.S. and Canada will likely be costly for Rhode Islanders. That’s because Canada is by far the state’s largest international trading partner, accounting for 22% of Rhode Island’s exports to the world.

United Statescategory· February 26 ... Hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents' personal and bank information, including Social Security numbers, were very likely hacked by an ...

With employers announcing close to 222 thousand job cuts so far this year, the 2025 layoff rate is at its highest year-to-date total since 2009 when over 428 thousand cuts were planned.