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Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung accuses Cranston Mayor Kenneth Hopkins of treating the office like a 'no-show job'

R.I.'s hottest race could be a rare GOP primary

In 2024, Rhode Islanders will vote for president and Congress, but attention is focused on the Republican primary between Cranston Mayor Kenneth Hopkins and Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung.

Regunberg receives backing and barbs in R.I. congressional race

Providence chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America blasts Regunberg while four current state representatives endorse the Providence Democrat in the First Congressional District race.

Three R.I. gun bills advance while another is withdrawn in protest

Three R.I. gun bills advance while another is withdrawn in protest Edward Fitzpatrick © Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff A pro-second-amendment supporter outside of the Rhode Island State Capitol, where bills that would either expand gun rights or seek to control firearms were debated on March 13, 2021. PROVIDENCE In close committee votes Monday, the Rhode Island House and Senate advanced bills that would outlaw “straw purchases” of guns and prohibit firearms on school grounds, but a legislator withdrew another gun bill after it was “gutted.” House and Senate leaders had reached agreement on four gun bills that appeared to be headed to a final vote in the waning days of this year’s legislative session, including a bill that would require enhanced reporting by the attorney general on gun crimes.

Mattiello portrait at State House planned to cost $22,000

What do we know about the portrait?   Mattiello s predecessor, Gordon Fox, who went to prison for taking bribes, did not request a portrait, and no one has suggested making one. Murphy s portrait was done in 2010 by Framingham-based painter Ben Aronson at a cost to the state of $19,000, according to a previously published report. Aronson has been commissioned to paint Mattiello s portrait as well, according to a contract provided by House spokesman Larry Berman in response to a Journal inquiry. The budgeted cost: $22,000, which is less than half the amount the state has committed to paying for former Gov. Gina Raimondo s portrait.