Rhode Island

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge rejected a motion by the state to delay the start of a suit challenging the landmark 2011 pension law as unconstitutional.

An investor group led by Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchino and attorney James Skeffington has purchased the Pawtucket, R.I., minor league baseball franchise and envisions a stadium on former I-195 land in Providence.

Seth Magaziner is settling into his new role as Rhode Island treasurer, saying he is ready to tackle many financial challenges facing the Ocean State.

A major Northeast winter storm caused issuers to postpone about $1.7 billion of bond sales , including a $1 billion Pennsylvania GO offering.

Oppenheimer Funds is looking over a judge's dismissal of its challenge to Rhode Island's plan to sell nearly $600 million in tobacco-settlement bonds.

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge dismissed a challenge by Oppenheimer Funds to the state's plan to sell nearly $600 million in tobacco revenue bonds.

Law firms Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman Palmer closed their $675 million merger and will operate as Locke Lord Edwards, with 1,000 lawyers in 23 locations.

Gina Raimondo, who took office as Rhode Island's 75th governor and first female at that position, called for the state to revive its sagging economy and change perceptions.

The Central Coventry Fire District in Rhode Island filed for bankruptcy after months of negotiations with its unions failed.

Rhode Island Gov.-elect Gina Raimondo nominated Michael DiBiase administration director, subject to state Senate confirmation, and Jonathan Womer to run OMB.

Rhode Island Gov.-elect Gina Raimondo will nominate former Newark, N.J. operative Stefan Pryor to be commerce secretary subject to state Senate confirmation.

Rhode Island leaders mourn the passing of Lila Sapinsley, a former state senator praised as a trailblazer for political women that state.

Rhode Island Gov.-elect Gina Raimondo named Stephen Neuman, a key operative for Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, as her chief of staff.

A jury trial is scheduled in the challenge to Rhode Island's landmark pension overhaul law, and a citizen jury represents a wild card in the case, say legal experts.

The pending bankruptcy of the Central Coventry, R.I., Fire District has magnified debate about duplication and accountability within these jurisdictions.

The Central Coventry, R.I., Fire District appears headed for bankruptcy court after state officials and the local union remained stalled over cost concessions.

Rhode Island has repaid funds the state borrowed to cover unemployment insurance benefit payments, Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced in Cranston on Nov. 10.

Gina Raimondo, who as state general treasurer championed a landmark public-pension overhaul law, became Rhode Island's first female governor Tuesday night.

Rhode Island priced a $162 million general obligation bond refinancing. The final net present value savings was $16.17 million, according to the office of General Treasurer Gina Raimondo.

After Moody's revised Rhode Island's outlook to stable from negative, Gov. Lincoln Chafee said the state is headed in the right direction.