Nancy Pelosi in RI: GOP tax plan favors billionaires at middle class expense
February 27, 2020

Nancy Pelosi in RI: GOP tax plan favors billionaires at middle class expense

“Democrats know that a successful middle class is the backbone of our economy,” said  Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader...

Save the Bay’s Jonathan Stone clarifies statements made on Dan Yorke
March 2, 2020

Save the Bay’s Jonathan Stone clarifies statements made on Dan Yorke

Save the Bay‘s Executive Director Jonathan Stone was on the Dan Yorke television show State of Mind...

Power to the People? Nationalize Grid
March 2, 2020

Power to the People? Nationalize Grid

National Grid provides the electrical and natural gas service for the majority of Rhode Island ratepayers, and...

Understanding the proposed ‘Ballpark at Slater Mill’ for the Pawtucket Red Sox
March 2, 2020

Understanding the proposed ‘Ballpark at Slater Mill’ for the Pawtucket Red Sox

The City of Pawtucket, the Pawtucket Red Sox (‘PawSox’), and the State of Rhode Island have partnered...

CLF motions for time to analyze Invenergy’s ‘bombshell’
March 2, 2020

CLF motions for time to analyze Invenergy’s ‘bombshell’

Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) is filing a Motion with the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) this morning...

Mayor Elorza creates Municipal ID Program in Providence
November 2, 2017

Mayor Elorza creates Municipal ID Program in Providence

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has established a Municipal ID Program by executive order. Municipal IDs are identification...

CLF’s Jerry Elmer: Invenergy has a disclosure problem
March 2, 2020

CLF’s Jerry Elmer: Invenergy has a disclosure problem

“Invenergy has a disclosure problem,” says Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer, and the company’s...

Regunberg: Empower communities to own their own electrical utilities
March 2, 2020

Regunberg: Empower communities to own their own electrical utilities

Rhode Island State Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence) will be introducing legislation to empower local...

Governor Raimondo’s Millennial Town Hall
November 1, 2017

Governor Raimondo’s Millennial Town Hall

Governor Gina Raimondo held a town hall with Millennial Rhode Island (MRI) Wednesday evening, where the topics...

Raimondo orders review of National Grid’s storm preparedness
March 2, 2020

Raimondo orders review of National Grid’s storm preparedness

“Rhode Islanders should expect the lights to come on when the switch is flipped. National Grid owes...

Invenergy’s proposed RI power plant not qualified to enter electric market
March 2, 2020

Invenergy’s proposed RI power plant not qualified to enter electric market

“Invenergy Thermal Development LLC and the Clear River Energy Center Project (“Invenergy”) has been informed by ISO...

ProJo printed the facts about state rankings yet still peddles Tax Foundation propaganda
February 27, 2020

ProJo printed the facts about state rankings yet still peddles Tax Foundation propaganda

A Providence Journal editorial, published yesterday, once again took as gospel Rhode Island’s ranking in the Tax...

Dorcas to provide resettlement services to evacuees from Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
November 12, 2017

Dorcas to provide resettlement services to evacuees from Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands

Kathleen Cloutier Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island is inviting evacuees from Puerto Rico and the US...

Is the Energy Facilities Siting Board prepared to disentangle issues of tribal governance?
March 2, 2020

Is the Energy Facilities Siting Board prepared to disentangle issues of tribal governance?

Is the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB), a quasi-judicial permitting authority for all licenses required for siting,...

Fall River City Council wants answers in power plant water sale deal with Invenergy
March 2, 2020

Fall River City Council wants answers in power plant water sale deal with Invenergy

The Fall River City Council had a robust discussion about the city’s agreement to sell water to...

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