Video from 2019’s first House Committee on Judiciary
January 24, 2019

Video from 2019’s first House Committee on Judiciary

The first meeting of the House Committee on Judiciary was to start at the “Rise of the...

If granted, Invenergy will seek to sell its permit or sit on it until market conditions make the plant needed, says expert
January 24, 2019

If granted, Invenergy will seek to sell its permit or sit on it until market conditions make the plant needed, says expert

Burrillville’s expert witness says plant is not needed Under cross-examination from Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney...

Codifying Roe v Wade: RI Coalition for Reproductive Freedom kicks-off the Reproductive Health Care Act at the State House
January 24, 2019

Codifying Roe v Wade: RI Coalition for Reproductive Freedom kicks-off the Reproductive Health Care Act at the State House

Hundreds of people crowded the Rhode Island State House rotunda to celebrate the introduction of the Reproductive...

Speaker Mattiello retaliates against Reform Caucus members with committee assignments
January 23, 2019

Speaker Mattiello retaliates against Reform Caucus members with committee assignments

Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) said he would not retaliate...

RI State Senate takes up bills to provide financial help to Federal workers during shutdown
January 22, 2019

RI State Senate takes up bills to provide financial help to Federal workers during shutdown

The Rhode Island State Senate Finance Committee and the State Senate Judiciary Committee took up bills to...

General Assembly persists in its policy of institutionalized bigotry against the LGBTQ community
January 23, 2019

General Assembly persists in its policy of institutionalized bigotry against the LGBTQ community

Since the passage of marriage equality in Rhode Island, certain State Representatives and Senators in the General...

New podcast to deal with RI State House through the lens of reproductive rights
January 22, 2019

New podcast to deal with RI State House through the lens of reproductive rights

Jennifer Rourke, former Democratic candidate for Rhode Island State Senator (District 29, Warwick) is hosting a new...

Pawtucket engages consultant on renewable energy strategies
January 22, 2019

Pawtucket engages consultant on renewable energy strategies

From a press release: The City of Pawtucket has brought on the Cadmus Group, LLC (Cadmus) who...

A rally to commemorate the Women’s March at the Rhode Island State House
January 22, 2019

A rally to commemorate the Women’s March at the Rhode Island State House

[Update: Lisa Peterson of the Rhode Island Womxn’s Action Initiative writes that, “This is a misrepresentation of...

J Mark Ryan: Healthcare in Rhode Island at risk
January 22, 2019

J Mark Ryan: Healthcare in Rhode Island at risk

I read the text of Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s State of the State address in which...

Raimondo declares state of emergency in response to extreme cold and National Grid gas turnoffs
January 22, 2019

Raimondo declares state of emergency in response to extreme cold and National Grid gas turnoffs

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has responded to the dangerous cold and sudden lack of heating for...

The Slow and Fast Assault on Public Education: Providence teachers and student activists have a common enemy
January 21, 2019

The Slow and Fast Assault on Public Education: Providence teachers and student activists have a common enemy

A native of Providence, Dr Henry Giroux is a scholar whose range of study has included the...

No New Power Plant: Stopping a power plant one recipe at a time
January 20, 2019

No New Power Plant: Stopping a power plant one recipe at a time

From a press release: “Its hard to imagine that selling a cookbook could ever help stop a...

If the EFSB decides against them, will Invenergy appeal to the RI Supreme Court?
January 20, 2019

If the EFSB decides against them, will Invenergy appeal to the RI Supreme Court?

Hearings continued last week at the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) to determine the fate of Invenergy‘s...

At the Rally against Trump and Trump TV
January 20, 2019

At the Rally against Trump and Trump TV

Turn Off 10, a campaign coordinated by the Rhode Island ReSisters, protested outside Warwick Mall on Saturday...

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