PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The beginning of the new year means tens of thousands of companies doing business in Rhode Island must file annual reports with Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis. State law requires for-profit corporations to submit annual reports from Jan. 1 and March 1. About 30,000...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – R.I.'s Electoral College cast its ballots for Barack Obama and Joe Biden at the State House this afternoon. Selected by the state Democratic Party, Rhode Island's Electors are state Rep.-elect Marvin L. Abney of Newport, Emily A. Maranjian of Providence, L. Susan Weiner of...

PROVIDENCE, RI – Can't get to the State House today to see Rhode Island's Electoral College ceremony? The Secretary of State's office will use Twitter to give the public a behind-the-scenes look at the historic vote. Coverage on @ralphmollis will begin at 11 a.m. The ceremony will begin at...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Secretary of State's office will provide free photo IDs to voters who need one in order to comply with the state's new Voter ID law Sat., Dec. 15, from noon to 4 p.m. as part of the "Feed 1,000" event at the R.I....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is inviting the public to see Rhode Island's Electoral College cast its ballots for president and vice president at the State House Mon., Dec. 17. The historic ceremony will begin at noon when the Kentish Guards in colonial military garb...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The voters of Central Falls will elect a new mayor on Dec. 11, and Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis has some advice to help make their trip to the polls go smoothly. "The city will open the same eight polling places that were open on Election Day. So, anyone who voted on...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis invites you to learn more about the way Rhode Islanders celebrate historic occasions by visiting a free exhibit at the State Archives in downtown Providence. "Parades, Dedications, and Commemorations" features photographs, artifacts,...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is reminding Rhode Island's limited liability companies (LLCs) that they can beat the Dec. 1 deadline for submitting annual reports to the state by filing on-line. More than...

PROVIDENCE, RI – A public education campaign drove voters looking for information about polling places and Voter ID to the Secretary of State's website by the tens of thousands in the seven days ending on Election Day. According to Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis, traffic jumped 430 percent.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Lincoln Chafee and Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis today honored a group of Rhode Islanders with 2012 State Lifesaving Medals, the state's highest award for heroics while rescuing people from death. "When I visit schools to talk with students about the...