Medical debt is a growing problem for Rhode Islanders. Relief may come from new laws and a debt forgiveness program.

Spending cuts feared by state officials − including cuts in federal Medicaid payments − do not become effective until 2028, ...

Where have all the children gone? While the nationwide under-18 population fell by 1.4 percent from 2010 to 2020, and in ...

The Population and Family Development Ministry is prioritizing efforts to assist 1.4 million families at risk of stunting in ...

The Narrow River Preservation Association and John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge work to protect and maintain the river ...

More RI House passes measures to boost home building The same day the new census housing numbers were released, the House of Representatives passed the last two pieces in Shekarchi's 12-bill ...

Rhode Island has inched back into positive territory when it comes to the state’s population, though it remains a hair below its 2020 number.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island lost residents over the past two years, part of an overall population drain in the Northeast as Americans migrate south and west, according to new US Census figures ...

Rhode Island is losing population again, the U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday. After a surprise population gain in 2020 saved one of the state's two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives ...

Rhode Island's surprise 2020 population gain, which allowed the state to keep two congressional seats, may not have happened after all, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.