U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell said he hopes to issue a ruling in the coming week on states' bid for an injunction.

Newport’s utilities department estimates that replacing lead service lines throughout the city will cost between $51 million ...

The funding, approved by Congress and overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency, had been blocked since January, when ...

The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to scale back or abolish the U.S. Department of ...

The EPA, which ensures the nation’s water is clean to drink and that air is safe to breathe, laid off almost 400 employees ...

The Rhode Island health department has rolled out a new online mapping tool that allows residents to check if they have lead ...

Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced last week that he had uncovered evidence of a massive fraud perpetrated by the Biden administration. In a video posted to social ...

Delaurier, who works with Rhode Island farmers and producers, said that with fewer USDA employees, payments that farmers are expecting may not arrive on time, which could have a ripple effect.

Job cuts at the agency’s largest physical campus, located in North Carolina, are part of a broader reduction in federal staff ...

• Thousands of protesters in all 50 states participated in the “No Kings on Presidents Day” rallies, rejecting Trump’s authoritarianism and Musk’s growing influence over government. • The 50501 ...