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Teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other workers live in overcrowded and substandard housing, or even in their cars ...
McKee's latest poll numbers put him in the same territory of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, but experts say don't count him out yet.
Rhode Island has faced a severe housing shortage, ranking last in housing permits per capita between 2017 and 2023. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi has led efforts to address the housing crisis ...
If passed, Rhode Island's so-called "Taylor Swift Tax" would establish a new tax rate for non-primary residences valued at more than $1 million.
Rhode Island Senator Meghan Kallman, a Democrat who has long fought to solve the state's housing affordability crisis, told Newsweek that Rhode Island's current tax system "is upside-down: in ...
ALSO READ: Organization seeks water donation for homeless population amid scorching temperatures The General Assembly also tackled Rhode Island’s housing crisis this legislative session.
The Rhode Island Association of Realtors is raising concerns, arguing two proposed tax changes would hit buyers and sellers hard, making the state’s fragile housing market even more unaffordable.
Rhode Island is in a health care crisis, from hospitals systems threatening to collapse, possible hospital closures, the closing of physician groups and layoffs in nonprofit medical centers.
The big list of bills in the 2025 Rhode Island legislative session, where they stand and what they do.
The Rhode Island Association of Realtors is speaking out against budget items that it said would be detrimental to an already broken housing market.