The Rhode Island Senate convened Friday for what is expected to be the final day of the 2025 session. An assault-style weapons ban and the state budget highlight the agenda.

Rhode Island lawmakers banned "payday lending," snuffed out smoking in most parts of Rhode Island's casinos and gave final blessing to a $14.3 billion state budget on their way to the end of the ...

The Rhode Island General Assembly is wrapping up its 2025 session on Friday, June 20. An assault weapons ban, payday lending restrictions, and the state's $14.3 billion budget all were approved.

In debate about the just-enacted $14.3 billion Rhode Island budget, General Assembly leaders said they might be forced to hold a special fall session to respond to any federal cuts or policy ...

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee explains why he won't veto the budget, during a briefing with reporters in Providence, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (WJAR) ...

Rep. Jon D. Brien, a Woonsocket independent, speaks on the Rhode Island House floor on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, before the chamber votes on his 340B drug pricing bill.

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Gov. Dan McKee said Wednesday that he will let the $14.3 billion state budget become law without his signature. "It taxes people and raises fees unnecessarily," McKee ...