State leaders should start formal negotiations with union leaders on an alternative overhaul of the system before they lose in court, according to Bob Walsh of the National Education Association Rhode Island.

The North Kingstown woman convicted of killing her daughter has a new lawyer.

Rhode Island is one of a handful of states that ask for email addresses on voter registration forms and potentially sell that information to companies, candidates and other organizations.

Local woman calls for help after her mother in-laws cell phone gets shut off.