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RI's Tax Mix Has Shifted Cost Toward Working Families
Rhode Island's lowest earners pay a bigger share of their income in state and local taxes than the wealthiest 1 percent, the result of a 2010 income tax cut and a sales tax frozen at 7 percent since 1992 — a pattern the state's new millionaires' tax aims to partly reverse.
McKee Settles ACLU Suit Over State House Protest Access
ACLU Report Finds Uneven Remote Access to RI Meetings
RI Can't Say How Many Serve Felony Murder Terms
Federal Bills to Break Up Education Dept. Put RI Funds at Risk
A U.S. House committee has advanced ten bills to break up the Department of Education and shift its programs to other federal agencies — a move that could disrupt the roughly $275 million Rhode Island schools draw from Washington each year.
RI Left Exposed as Trump Guts 702 Federal Rules
The Trump administration's 2026 Unified Agenda targets 702 federal regulations for elimination, colliding with Rhode Island's laws on overtime, drinking water, offshore wind, and driverless cars.
A New Federal Rule Threatens to Freeze Rhode Island Heating Assistance
A sweeping proposed rule by the OMB could subject crucial energy-bill assistance programs to political reviews and arbitrary delays.
RI Supreme Court Strips State of Immunity Shield in Civil Rights Lawsuits
The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state cannot claim sovereign immunity from civil rights lawsuits, opening the door for residents to sue state agencies for discrimination.
ACLU Warns Proposed State Rule Would Let RI Police Watch Bodycam Video Before Giving Formal Statements
The Rhode Island Department of Public Safety is weighing a rule that would let officers watch body-camera footage before giving a formal statement in use-of-force cases, prompting warnings from the ACLU and other advocates that it would weaken accountability.
Providence City Council Passes Juvenile Justice Reform, Expands Hearing Board Eligibility
The Providence City Council voted unanimously to expand eligibility for the city's juvenile hearing board, adding a 90-day implementation period before the change takes effect.
BOMBSHELL: Rescued Airmen Story Appears to Have Been Made Up Out of Thin Air
The Trump administration's account of a daring rescue inside Iran is collapsing under its own contradictions. Weeks later, the two rescued airmen have no names, no photographs, and no verifiable identities. The force deployed — 150-plus aircraft, SEAL Team 6, two covert infiltration planes, a forward base 35 kilometers from Iran's uranium stockpile — bears no resemblance to a standard combat rescue. Former CIA officers and military analysts are now saying openly what the physical evidence suggests: this was a botched uranium raid, and the rescue story is the cover.
Iranian President Shares Message for the American People
The Iranian president calls out the US's endless wars, crimes against humanity, and the iron grip Israeli-aligned actors have on America.
White House Scrambles to End War, Cover Up Military Defeat in Iran
President Trump declares the war on Iran "complete," but investigative reports reveal a desperate attempt to conceal a $100 billion defeat. With US weapon stocks drained and Iran’s military largely intact, the administration is gaslighting the public to hide the catastrophic failure of an illegal war. Here is the reality.
Trump Throws Tantrum, Bans AI Firm for Refusing to Build Killer Robots
President Trump blacklisted AI leader Anthropic after the firm refused to enable mass surveillance and autonomous killing machines. The administration now faces a humiliating downgrade to inferior technology, proving the military prioritizes unchecked violence over competence. Read why the government's push for "Skynet" capabilities should terrify every American.