Ric Thornton aims to reduce the $6.2 million dollars worth of outstanding fines for missing or overdue state campaign finance reports by 25% by the end of the year. The state campaign finance director doesn’t expect to convince former candidates and officeholders to make good on their six-figure debts.

Nicole Jellinek has announced her candidacy for the House District 67 seat currently held by her husband, Rep. Jason Knight. Her announcement comes two days after Knight launched his own campaign for RI attorney general. Jellinek was a survivor of the 1994 Planned Parenthood clinic shooting in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Rhode Island’s political waters got unusually choppy in 2023, when the state’s two longtime incumbents chose to depart within the span of 10 months. Now, their replacements — Democratic Reps. Gabe Amo and Seth Magaziner — are largely settled into their new roles.

WARREN – State Rep. Jason Knight, a former state prosecutor-turned-defense lawyer best known in the Rhode Island political world for his efforts to win passage of an "assault weapons" ban, is running for attorney general.

R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha announced Friday he won’t run for governor in 2026, narrowing the list of potential candidates who may challenge incumbent Dan McKee in the Democratic

Authorities in Rhode Island — where Wilmer Puello-Mota was arrested in 2020 and from where he fled prosecution in 2024 — are aware that he’s been in contact with Holyoke City Hall and are investigating.