This may be the year Rhode Island lawmakers change the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights. Three reform bills were considered by a House committee Thursday night, but only one is moving forward.

William Murphy, an attorney and influential lobbyist who served as House speaker between 2003 and 2010, said he has always believed the governor is the most powerful politician in Rhode Island ...

Rhode Island's House of Representatives on Tuesday elected its Democratic majority leader, Nicholas Mattiello, as speaker to fill a void created when a fellow Democrat stepped down this weekend ...

Rhode Island's Speaker of the House, arguably the state's most powerful politician, stood and watched his law practice of three decades go up in smoke Tuesday night. "It was shocking.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island lawmakers opened the new legislative session on Tuesday, taking their oath of office and formally selecting their leaders. State Rep. Joseph Shekarchi was ...

It said: “Please be advised that I, Gordon D. Fox, of 11 Gorton Street, Providence, Rhode Island resign my position as Speaker of the House of Representatives effective immediately.” ...

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi went unmentioned, but Shekarchi in his own turn got in a dig at McKee for putting an "assault weapons" ban in his proposed budget, where the speaker said he and Rep.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Another round of subpoenas have been issued in the grand jury investigation into why one of Rhode Island’s top Democratic leaders Read More Skip to content Boston News ...

With early voting scheduled to begin Wednesday, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s back is against the wall after the criminal trial of a former campaign aide accused of money laundering.

House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello canceled an audit of the Rhode Island Convention Center on Thursday after the top House Republican filed a lawsuit accusing him of abusing his power.

Lifespan has hired former Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello as a lobbyist while the hospital company seeks approval for a merger with rival Care New England.. The Cranston Democrat ...