Rhode Island Politics and Tragedies | Providence News

Providence News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 19, 2026 · 1m

Rhode Island’s political race heats up as Helena Foulkes leads Gov. Dan McKee in a new poll, while McKee pauses new license plate reader installs. In court, the Lindsay Clancy murder trial dives deeper into alleged child strangulation, and Worcester police hunt for a suspect tied to an off-duty officer’s death. On the lighter side, Cranston cops release bowling alley gun scare footage, and a tragic nail salon fall claims a life in Barrington. New laws let some drivers skip front plates, North Kingstown eyes a pet store ban, and girls’ flag football officially becomes a sanctioned high school…