RI’s median home price soars to nearly $500K

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — The median price for a single-family home in Rhode Island reached a staggering $494,000 last month, according to the R.I. Association of Realtors. The record-high median price marks nearly a 12% increase from the year prior, even though there’s about 32% more homes on the market. Home sales also decreased 19% … Read more

RIPTA plugs in RI’s first in-line electric charge

By RYAN DOHERTY and ANISHA KUMAR Special to the Herald The Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA) opened its first electric bus in-line charging station in the Ocean State on Wednesday morning, in an event that saw a star-studded cast of speakers. US Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse came to Cranston for the event … Read more

Lawsuit over RI’s Washington Bridge likely to come in August

PROVIDENCE — A lawsuit over the failure of the Washington Bridge on Interstate 195 west is “way more likely than not” to be filed, according to the legal team hired by Governor Dan McKee, with a projected timeline of early August. A team of six lawyers has been investigating since April what caused the bridge … Read more