PROVIDENCE – The first gun bill of the year is headed for a vote in the Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday and, as non-controversial as it may seem, it may provide a test vote for what's to come.

Rep. McNamara maintains the 1663 Royal Charter empowers the governor to create free trade zones, but R.I. Commerce officials ...

A bill exempting Rhode Island Capitol Police from the state's seven-day waiting period to buy a "concealable firearm" passed 30-5 on Tuesday in the Rhode Island Senate. The bill's sponsor ...