Back in the 1890s, Rhode Island's schoolchildren voted to pick a state tree and selected the maple. The one problem with that was, there are a lot of different types of maple trees.

Rhode Island is the only state with an official appetizer, being calamari, because our draggers land a ton of squid at Point Judith. Other states have approximates, like Georgia, which boasts ...

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has issued an executive order stripping the word "plantation" — a loaded term associated with slavery — from official state documents and symbols.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has issued an executive order stripping the word "plantation" — a term associated with slavery — from official state documents and symbols.

Rhode Island voters drop 'Providence Plantations' from state name With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment dropping "Providence Plantations" passed with 52.9 percent of the vote.