Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's taken nearly four years of study and deliberation, but Rhode Island now has a plan to physically remove the phrase ...

Rhode Island will now be officially known as … Rhode Island. The smallest state in the country will no longer have the distinction of also having the longest official name after voters approved a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s been nearly four years since Rhode Islanders voted to remove “Providence Plantations” from the state’s legal name. Though the phrase was quickly stripped from legal ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island dropped “Providence Plantations” from its name a year ago, but not from its buildings. Providence Plantations is written in the script in marble near the State ...

The smallest state in the nation will no longer have the longest name. CNN projects Rhode Island voters have approved a measure that will strike "and Providence Plantations" from the state's name: ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Changes are gradually unfolding at Rhode Island’s State House to erase the words “Providence Plantations” in some spots. It’s been nearly four years since voters approved a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — When a large, new $70,000 area rug arrived in Rhode Island’s State House State Room last month with mistakes in the state seal ingrained in the fabric, it became another ...

It's taken nearly four years of study and deliberation, but Rhode Island now has a plan to physically remove the phrase "Providence Plantations" from most, although not all, places where it is ...