Engineers hired by the state to find out why the westbound side of the Washington Bridge failed in 2023 concluded that broken rods which led to the closure had been corroding for more than 15 years. But that conclusion was omitted from the 64-page draft report that Wiss Janney Elstner Associates provided The Rhode Island Department of Transportation in April 2024, according to documents obtained by The Hummel Report. Jim Hummel takes a closer look. Read the full report here.

Six years ago, The Rhode Island Department of Transportation declined multiple offers from the company repairing the Washington Bridge to...

Fire Departments in a handful of Rhode Island communities are using a new online database to catalogue inspections of fire alarm boxes,...

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Nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island take note: if you have an exemption certificate that allows your organization to avoid paying...

The former owners of Johnson’s Pond in Coventry filed a federal lawsuit Friday that paints the picture of an orchestrated – and illegal –...

The state’s Water Resources Board this week unanimously reversed a decision by the town of Jamestown denying water to several homeowners...

Two Coventry Town Councilmen resigned abruptly this week - the culmination of a months-long dispute over access to the details of the...

Two homeowners on opposite sides of Providence have struggled for years to get clean water in their homes: one says her water tastes...

Nearly a decade after residents of a Coventry neighborhood complained about the effects of living next to a truck-repair business,...

SCITUATE - A councilman who negotiated a 10-year tax deal for the town with the Providence Water Supply Board approached the agency a...

CRANSTON −  Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins , who has denied driving an  unregistered sports car he is accused of taking  from a city...

EAST PROVIDENCE – The city’s plan to build a year-round restaurant and install a permanent tent for events on green space in  Crescent...

FOSTER – Four employees have filed suit against the town of Foster, claiming that Department of Public Works Director  Gordon E. Rogers...

The state’s Coastal Resources Management Council this week rejected a controversial proposal by a Narragansett man to build a house on an...

COVENTRY - Go to any neighborhood here these days and you will hear a lot of trash talk. ​ Trash, recycling and yard waste collection:...

JAMESTOWN - Town leaders have again rejected requests from homeowners with failing wells to tie into the municipal water supply, saying...

PROVIDENCE - A Superior Court judge on Monday upheld  an arbitration award of more than $750,000  to owners of  a condominium complex who...

An embattled Rhode Island developer, who has been sanctioned multiple times by the Rhode Island contractors’ registration board, had...

A developer who for years has left a trail of complaints that have resulted in multiple suspensions and fines by the state contractor’s...