Most states have district attorneys to prosecute the highest crimes that happen in their jurisdictions — but not Rhode Island. Instead, felony prosecutions are the duty of the state’s attorney general, an office not quite judge, jury and executioner but one which holds more power than in other states. And with that power, as the […]

By Rhode Island standards, the Democratic primary for the lieutenant governor’s job is a packed one. Yet the five-candidate contest for the seat currently occupied by Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos has received somewhat scant attention, WPRI 12 politics editor Ted Nesi remarked to four of the candidates shortly before the cameras rolled on a debate […]