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CCRI Faculty protesting 'educationally unsound' 12-day classes
Members of he Community College of Rhode Island Faculty Association (CCRIFA) were protesting in the morning and at noon today to call attention to pedagogical failures of a 15 week curriculum being squeezed into a 12 day winter intercess...
Protesters rock the House during Mattiello's ascendancy to Speaker
As a vote was pushed through inside the chambers of the Rhode Island House to elect Representative Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) to his second full term as Speaker, around 40 protesters chanted and sang outside, le...
State Senator Sam Bell explains why he cannot support Ruggerio for Senate President
Newly elected State Senator Samuel Bell (Democrat, District 5, Providence) rose to explain why he will not support Senator Dominick Ruggerio (Democrat, District 4, Providence) to continue as Senate President. Bell began his comments with...
Governor Gina Raimondo's Second Inaugural Address
On a blustery yet warm January 1 on the south steps of the Rhode Island State House, Governor Gina Raimondo delivered her second, and last, inaugural address. Raimondo was sworn into office during the ceremony, as was Lieutenant Governor...
The Womxn Project: Rhode Island bill protecting the right to abortion is a 2019 priority
Statement by The Womxn Project (TWP) on the start of the 2019 legislative session and the need to move a bill that would affirm the right to abortion in Rhode Island: “As a new legislative session begins, lawmakers will come together to...
ACLU files Rhode Island Supreme Court brief in support of Foxy Lady
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU of RI) filed a “friend of the court” brief in the Rhode Island Supreme Court today, arguing that in revoking the Foxy Lady’s entertainment license earlier this month the Providence...
AG Kilmartin sides with Trump on church/state separation case before the Supreme Court
One day before Christmas and a week before his last day as Rhode Island Attorney General, Peter Kilmartin signed onto an amicus brief challenging a Fourth Circuit Court ruling that declared the Bladensburg Cross, a public monument in Mar...
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 Rhode Island State Senate and House of Representatives are sworn into office. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea will administer the oath of off...
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, a new "six-story, 45,000-square-foot apartment building with street-level commercial spaces" located at 44 Hospital Street in the J...
The Womxn Project: Reproductive Health Care Act would protect abortion access
Statement by The Womxn Project (TWP) on the pre-filing of the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA), which would affirm the right to abortion in the state of Rhode Island: “Even if someone does not believe they would seek an abortion, poll...