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2019 Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit
Unseen by most Rhode Islanders, the Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit (Summit), an annual meeting between the business community and our state's elected officials, is one of the most influential gatherings of the year. The 13th...
RIPTA Riders Alliance responds to Paolino anti-busing lawsuit
RIPTA Riders Alliance is disappointed to read in the Providence Journal that a few wealthy real estate firms in downtown Providence have filed a lawsuit attempting to halt improvements to our state's public transit system. According to B...
Performative Irony: House Committee on Rules makes a "small step" towards reform
Speaking to me on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ahead of the House Committee on Rules vote on 5037A, the chair of the committee, Representative Arthur Corvese (Democrat, District 55, North Providence), told me th...
Lessons from the House orientation on Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Diversity need to be applied
Speaker Nicholas Mattiello On Wednesday the Rhode Island House of Representatives held its second annual orientation on Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Diversity. The House Lounge was quite full, and I'd estimate that at least 70 o...
Here's all the written comments to the House Committee on Rules - still no one in favor of status quo
Representatives Katherine Kazarian (Democrat, District 63, East Providence), Jason Knight (Democrat, District 67, Barrington, Warren) and Rebecca Kislak (Democrat, District 4, Providence) Often overlooked during big committee meetings in...
Rhode Islanders for Reform holds rally before House Committee on Rules hearing
Representative Teresa Tanzi (Democrat, District 34, Narragansett, South Kingstown) Ahead of the House Committee on Rules hearing held on Tuesday, a rally was held on the north side of the Rhode Island State House. It was an unusually bus...
House Committee on Rules holds a public meeting, but are they listening?
On Tuesday afternoon the House Committee on Rules heard from the public on H5037 a bill that would amend the House rules slightly, by adding a very incomplete and maybe even dangerous section on sexual harassment. The Bill ignores all th...
The 11th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil
As it has for every year for over a decade, the 11th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil, organized by the the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty, began with the blowing of the shofar. The coalition holds the event...
Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence supports Reform Caucus rule change proposals
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 Island. Unfortun...
Reform Caucus makes its recommendations for House rules
The Reform Caucus, made up of the Democrats who opposed Representative Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) as Speaker of the House yesterday, today unveiled their recommendations for changing the House rules, which gover...