It’s called environmental racism. Community members and environmental allies cried foul Wednesday evening when the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) and National Grid held a public meeting at …
“For anyone who is a scientist or a parent, this moment in history is particularly scary,” said Justin Boyan, a father, Providence resident, former NASA research scientist and Senior Engineer …
Today marked the launch of a coordinated campaign to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023 and to guarantee fair pay for all workers. Raising the …
Terri Cortvriend is running as a Democrat in the 2018 elections to represent Rhode Island House District 72. District 72 includes portions of Middletown and Portsmouth. Currently that seat is …
“What if somebody told you that being a serial graffiti artist could get you a longer prison sentence than being a serial drunk driver,” begins a new ACLU of Rhode …
Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse met with constituents Saturday morning at the American Legion Post in Woonsocket on River St. The questions were tough, but Whitehouse answered as he could, …
President Donald Trump tried to fire special counsel Robert Mueller last year, only backing off when his lawyer threatened to quit. In Davos, Trump declared the United States “open for …
Providence City Council President David Salvatore responds to the Providence Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Lodge #3 comments linking recent gun violence to the implementation of the Community Safety Act. …
Leaders of the Providence Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Lodge #3, the police union, issued a long statement on social media Thursday blaming a recent rise in gun violence and …
In response to the cancellation of next week’s Show Cause Hearing, lawyers from Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Burrillville are asking the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) …
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