Rhode Island General Assembly to convene on New Year’s Day
December 27, 2018

Rhode Island General Assembly to convene on New Year’s Day

The Rhode Island General Assembly will convene on Tuesday, January 1, at 4pm as members of the...

Providence City Council Finance Committee to consider controversial tax agreements tonight
February 27, 2020

Providence City Council Finance Committee to consider controversial tax agreements tonight

Under a plan being unveiled at the Providence City Council Finance Committee meeting this evening at 5pm,...

EPI report: Rhode Islanders are still struggling to meet basic needs
March 2, 2020

EPI report: Rhode Islanders are still struggling to meet basic needs

The Economic Progress Institute (EPI) publishes its Rhode Island Standard of Need (RISN) report twice a year...

Two State Senators express concerns about Raimondo’s judicial nominees
October 30, 2019

Two State Senators express concerns about Raimondo’s judicial nominees

“I’m very proud to be appointing one of the most diverse sets of judges, I think, really,...

Vigil for International Migrants Day
December 19, 2018

Vigil for International Migrants Day

Standing Up for Racial Justice Rhode Island (SURJ) braved the windchill to hold a vigil outside the...

George Wiley Center demands a walk-in payment center from National Grid, with Christmas Carols
March 2, 2020

George Wiley Center demands a walk-in payment center from National Grid, with Christmas Carols

Activists from the George Wiley Center stood outside the National Grid offices on Melrose Street in Providence...

Breaking Barriers: Refugee Dream Center begins classes to train refugees to access vital resources
October 31, 2019

Breaking Barriers: Refugee Dream Center begins classes to train refugees to access vital resources

The Refugee Dream Center, with a grant from the Department of Public Safety Grant Administration Office, has...

The entire Rhode Island delegation signed on to the War Powers Act for Yemen
February 27, 2020

The entire Rhode Island delegation signed on to the War Powers Act for Yemen

No Endless War and Excessive Militarism (NEWEM) is very excited and pleased about the events of the...

Governor Raimondo appoints a ‘diverse set of judges’
October 30, 2019

Governor Raimondo appoints a ‘diverse set of judges’

“I’m incredibly proud of these six outstanding, talented attorneys,” said Governor Gina Raimondo standing with six judicial...

Laufton Ascencao steps aside, will not be the Representative for District 68 in Bristol
December 5, 2018

Laufton Ascencao steps aside, will not be the Representative for District 68 in Bristol

Laufton Ascencao, a Democrat recently elected to serve as a Rhode Island State Representative for District 68...

Demand Progress demands Reed and Whitehouse vote to end war in Yemen
February 27, 2020

Demand Progress demands Reed and Whitehouse vote to end war in Yemen

Demand Progress is urging Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, both Democrats, to vote to...

Whitehouse and Reed asked to vote to stop United States involvement in the War in Yemen
February 27, 2020

Whitehouse and Reed asked to vote to stop United States involvement in the War in Yemen

Peace activists visited the offices of United States Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Jack Reed...

Speakernomics tastes like trickle-down and oligarchy
March 2, 2020

Speakernomics tastes like trickle-down and oligarchy

“The economy is moving in the right direction,” said Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello...

Will members of the Reform Caucus be punished by Speaker Mattiello?
November 26, 2018

Will members of the Reform Caucus be punished by Speaker Mattiello?

The Public’s Radio‘s Ian Donnis asked Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston), “You seemed a little...

Sheriff Hodgson helps ICE separate families, earns protesters outside his home on Thanksgiving
November 10, 2022

Sheriff Hodgson helps ICE separate families, earns protesters outside his home on Thanksgiving

At around 9am on a freezing Thanksgiving morning, over a dozen people representing the FANG Collective, community...

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