Rhode Island is the only “deep blue” state in the country with the kind of strict voter ID law that has disproportionately kept Black, Latino and Native American voters from casting ballots in a ...

The two people killed when a small plane crashed on a Massachusetts highway were a married couple who appeared to take off ...

Recently, Republican governors and legislators, emboldened by the 2010 election results, have been enacting or strengthening requirements for voting, most notably laws that demand photo identification ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — With only a week until Election Day, state election officials made an important change that could help some Rhode Islanders cast their ballots. Monday afternoon, the Rhode ...

The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles will have limited Saturday hours for residents who want to get a Real ID driver's license or a Real ID identification card. The federal government has ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — In exactly one year, you will need a REAL ID if you use your driver’s license to board a flight or enter a federal building in the United States. However, as of Tuesday, a ...

The dates in this story have been updated to reflect a Department of Homeland Security announcement made on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, that the REAL ID deadline would be pushed from 2023 to 2025. When ...

The inmate "has the potential to be dangerous and could be armed." — -- A massive manhunt continued today for an inmate who escaped a maximum security prison in northeast Rhode Island over the ...

At a Senate hearing on voting rights last fall, Democrat Dick Durbin pointed out that voter ID laws were nothing more than a coordinated Republican effort to block poor and minority voters from the ...

The deadline is less than a year away to get your Real ID. Starting May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 and older will need a Real ID compliant driver’s license to board domestic flights or enter ...