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RIDE prohibits everyone other than active law enforcement personnel from carrying firearms, including concealed-carry firearms, on school grounds statewide
Ken Wagner, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, issued the following notice today: It has been brought to RIDE (Rhode Island Department of Education)’s attention that there is confusion among local education agency (LEA)...
Cranston Mayor Fung called out on his 'Trumpian, divisive, racist, fear-based campaigning'
Members of the Cranston Action Network (CAN) and allied groups rallied outside Cranston City Hall Monday night ahead of a Cranston City Council meeting to protest Cranston Mayor Allan Fung's "Trumpian divisive, racist, fear-based campaig...
Hope and Change for Haiti holds first annual 'Engage for Change' gala
Hope and Change for Haiti works to improve the quality of life of the Haitian community, contribute to the effort of rebuilding Haiti and facilitate the recovery of the people victims from natural disasters in the Municipality of Paillan...
Cranston Action Network to rally against Fung's 'anti-immigrant fearmongering' at Cranston City Hall
Declaring that, "Cranston and Rhode Island don’t stand with Fung’s Trumpian divisive, racist, fear-based campaigning, nor with divisive, racist, fear based governing" the Cranston Action Network released the following statement ahead of...
Video: Officers topple FANG tripods blocking entrance to Bristol County Jail
The videos and pictures are disturbing. Yesterday The FANG Collective erected blockades to obstruct the entrances of the Bristol County Jail and House of Correction in response to the terrible conditions at the facility and the incarcera...
Entrances to Bristol County Jail blocked by demonstrators over ICE connection
On Monday afternoon multiple blockades were erected to obstruct the entrances of the Bristol County Jail and House of Correction. The facility also hosts a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility. At on...
DARE challenges Rhode Island Housing over contract with Chicago-based consulting firm Camiros
The Tenant and Homeowner Association (THA) from Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) held an action outside Rhode Island Housing in Providence Wednesday morning questioning the hiring of Camiros Ltd, a consulting firm from Chicag...
Students hold State House rally against gun violence to defend their right to organize and protest
The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) Youth Committee held a youth power rally to address the administrative response of schools who prevented students from participating in the state-wide school walkouts in March. Man...
Providence and Central Falls sue Jeff Sessions and DOJ over police funding grants
Mayor Jorge Elorza and Mayor James Diossa joined public safety officials and community members to announce that Providence and Central Falls filed a lawsuit today against United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the United States...
Panhandling sign ordinance fails at acrimonious West Warwick Town Council meeting
The West Warwick Town Council unanimously voted down a panhandling resolution sponsored by Council President David Gosselin Jr that would authorize the display of signs at locations where panhandling occurs, encouraging passersby not to...