PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted to nominate Senator Valarie J. Lawson as the new Senate president ...

The state Senate dedicated its session Wednesday to honoring the late Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, who died earlier ...

A divided Democratic caucus and close leadership election would typically provide a rare opening for Republicans to exact some concessions for votes. They instead nominated one of their own.

Rhode Island Democrats will hold a caucus Tuesday to determine who they want to succeed late Senate President Dominick ...

And there is the pushback coming from the progressive faction within the Senate that sided with Sen. Ryan Pearson when he ...

And then, they got back down to the business of wrangling votes ahead of a Democratic Caucus at 4 p.m. on Tuesday to nominate ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Senate elected a new Senate President following the death of Dominick Ruggerio.

Lawson is the most overtly left-leaning president in Senate history, but her partnership with the conservative bloc suggests continuity.

New Senate Majority Leader Ciccone said he sympathizes with casino workers but shares the late Senate President Ruggerio’s ...

The general assembly gathered in the Senate Chamber Wednesday, honoring former Senate President Dominick Ruggerio. Legislators recognized Senator Ruggierio’s decades of work and the passion he had for ...

Ruggerio served in the General Assembly for nearly 44 years and was reelected to more than 20 consecutive terms.