Dominick Ruggerio won re-election as president of the Rhode Island Senate Tuesday, as the General Assembly met for the first time in 2025, although almost a third of senators did not support Ruggerio amid ongoing questions about his health.

It was that rare kind of day when legislators brought members of their families into the ornate chambers of the House and Senate to view the spectacle close up, including Shekarchi, who invited his niece and recent Suffolk University Law School graduate Samantha Shekarchi to stand by his side.

R.I., champions unity and inclusivity in a polarized political landscape. He focuses on economic development, healthcare access, and environmental justice.

All three of these proposals top the wish lists of one or more of Rhode Island's general officers heading into the 2025 legislative session. All reflect revived efforts to push previously introduced bills to the finish line. And, unlike the wish lists of past years, none come with big, eye-popping price tags.

Medical residents with Brown University Health, formerly called Lifespan, have formed a doctors’ union at Rhode Island Hospital. In a small fluorescent-lit room in the Thomas J. O’Neill, Jr. federal building in Boston Tuesday afternoon,

Resident physicians and fellows at Brown University Health and affiliated with Brown University will join the Committee of Interns and Residents.

The Washington Bridge is a perfect emblem for Rhode Island’s overarching narrative in 2024, a year that ends with the state’s human benefits enrollment system — known as RIBridges — taken offline. After all,

Resident physicians and fellows have made history at Rhode Island Hospital by becoming the first doctors to unionize in the Ocean State.

Shekarchi's niece, Samantha Shekarchi – a recent graduate of Suffolk University Law School – will stand by his side as R.I. Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, swears him into his third term as Speaker.

Resident physicians and fellows at Rhode Island Hospital have voted to join a union, making them the first doctors in Rhode Island to unionize