Ric Thornton aims to reduce the $6.2 million dollars worth of outstanding fines for missing or overdue state campaign finance reports by 25% by the end of the year. The state campaign finance director doesn’t expect to convince former candidates and officeholders to make good on their six-figure debts.

Rhode Island’s political waters got unusually choppy in 2023, when the state’s two longtime incumbents chose to depart within the span of 10 months. Now, their replacements — Democratic Reps. Gabe Amo and Seth Magaziner — are largely settled into their new roles.

On Wednesday, Oct. 8, Jellinek filed her initial paperwork with the Board of Elections and promised more details on her campaign next week. Jellinek is already a familiar face at the State House,

WARREN – State Rep. Jason Knight, a former state prosecutor-turned-defense lawyer best known in the Rhode Island political world for his efforts to win passage of an "assault weapons" ban, is running for attorney general.

Authorities in Rhode Island — where Wilmer Puello-Mota was arrested in 2020 and from where he fled prosecution in 2024 — are aware that he’s been in contact with Holyoke City Hall and are investigating.