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

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 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior military and Defense Department officials to draw up plans to cut 8 percent ...

Energy bills are high in Rhode Island this winter, due to a combination of higher-than-normal rates and very cold weather.

A new interactive map that went online this week shows whether public water supply lines to properties in Rhode Island might ...

• 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 ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...