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.

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.

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

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.

After dropping out of the race to become Rhode Island’s next attorney general late last week, Rep. Robert Craven is ceding his position as chairman of the powerful House Committee on Judiciary and intends to leave politics altogether after his term ends next year.