2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1079+ words) PROVIDENCE — After Wednesday’s primary delivered victories for progressive candidates up and down the ballot in Providence, city leaders are all but certain to enact limits on rent increases in 2027. The Providence City Council narrowly failed to enact rent control earlier…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (90+ words) The Boston Globe Prosecutor brought in to lead investigation of Trump foes says he has resigned his position He declined to comment on the circumstances of his departure, which came just five months after he was brought back to the…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1068+ words) AMESBURY — Michael Minogue, the wealthy Republican nominee challenging Governor Maura Healey, on Thursday sketched out an array of campaign promises — some specific, some not, and others that would likely run into resistance on Beacon Hill or largely fall outside the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (990+ words) Jana Amin remembers her mother’s fear of wearing a hijab at her PhD program in Great Britain in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Amin, 23, said her mother was worried that the hijab would make her a target in a part…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (739+ words) If Wednesday’s primary results proved one thing, it’s that Providence is once again the center of the political universe in Rhode Island. There’s a high likelihood that city residents will be the next governor (Helena Foulkes), lieutenant governor (Sabina Matos),…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (514+ words) PROVIDENCE — Helena Foulkes won every city and town in Rhode Island’s Democratic primary for governor Wednesday night, including incumbent Governor Dan McKee’s hometown of Cumberland, in a stunning wipeout that heralds a seismic shift in Rhode Island politics. A former…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (322+ words) Rhode Island experienced a political earthquake, in Wednesday’s primary, as Democratic voters unseated an incumbent governor and two mayors, opening the door to a new generation of political leaders. Taken together, the results amounted to a seismic shift in Rhode…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (322+ words) Rhode Island experienced a political earthquake in Wednesday’s primary, as Democratic voters unseated an incumbent governor and two mayors, opening the door to a new generation of political leaders. Taken together, the results amounted to a seismic shift in Rhode…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1257+ words) One of her endorsed challengers lost by 10 percentage points and another is locked in a recount. But Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that her effort to oust two Boston-area state senators nevertheless sent a “big message” that voters aren’t…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1133+ words) DALLAS — They braved long lines and 100-plus degree heat, and then they streamed into the American Airlines Center wearing oversized and regular-sized MAGA hats, hats that said “Trump Was Right About Everything,” and hats that said “Trump 2028.” The display was…...