From a press release: “Its hard to imagine that selling a cookbook could ever help stop a multi-national, multi-billion dollar fossil fuel power plant company. But it just might,” says Stephanie Sloman creator of the …
An open letter from the Demanding Dignity campaign, a coalition consisting of the RI AFL-CIO, RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, United Nurses and Allied Professionals, SEIU District 1199, and District 26 International Association …
ACLU of RI ACLU of RI executive director Steven Brown issued the following statement today in response to the inclusion of a question about citizenship status in the 2020 census:See: “As we’ve said before: A …
Statement from Tonya Harris, Executive Director, Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Vanessa Volz, Executive Director, Sojourner House We are devastated by the domestic violence murder of Rachael Rene, which occurred in her Providence …
From a press release: With the backing of more cosponsors than ever before, Representative Edith Ajello and Senator Gayle Goldin are introducing legislation to enshrine the reproductive health care rights protected by Roe v Wade …
Note: The following is Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s full 2019 State of the State Address, with the annotations included in the original: Good evening, Speaker Mattiello, Senate President Ruggerio, members of the House and …
From a press release: Mayor Jorge Elorza today announced that former State Representative Aaron Regunberg will serve as Providence’s Senior Advisor on Policy, where he will collaborate with community partners to support cradle-to-career and universal …
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza held a chilly outdoors ceremony to celebrate his second inauguration. Below is the video and text of his speech: Friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues—good afternoon, welcome to Providence City Hall, and …
From a press release: The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) supports the proposed rule changes made by the House Reform Caucus that would create a more open and transparent legislative process in Rhode …
From a press release: The Portsmouth Democratic Town Committee, at their monthly meeting on January 3, 2019, passed a resolution supporting the Rhode Island House and Senate “Reproductive Health Care Act,” (RHCA) bills, which prohibit …
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