Watch VideoVoters in Rhode Island will get another chance to change the state's formal name, which includes the phrase “Providence Plantations."
On Thursday, lawmakers passed a joint resolution to put the name-change question on the November ballot. In 1790, when Rhode Island ratified the Constitution, it incorporated as...
Rhode Island Can Vote To Remove 'Plantations' From Formal Name
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