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Protesters demand end to family separation at Homeland Security office in Warwick
Over fifty people showed up outside the United States Customs and Border Protection offices on Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick Friday morning to demand an end to the policy of separating immigrant parents and children at the border. The T...
Senate Judiciary takes up Reproductive Health Care Act
The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee took up the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) (S2163/H7340) on Thursday, a bill that would codify the protections of Roe v Wade into Rhode Island State Law. The bill was sponsored by Senator...
Pro-Choice advocates make an Ireland / Rhode Island connection
Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA), The Woman Project held a press conference drawing a parallel between Ireland, the extremely Catholic country that just voted, by a two-to-one mar...
Revolution Wind job announcement strikes positive note
"Today, Rhode Island is cementing our place at the center of America's offshore wind industry," said Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo. "This renewed partnership with Deepwater Wind will bring hundreds of jobs to our shore and enough c...
Global Warming Solutions Act brings teeth to combating climate change in Rhode Island
The Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture heard testimony Wednesday evening on the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), Senate Bill 2747, introduced by Senator Dawn Euer (Democrat, District 13, Newport, Jamestown). The bill, sa...
Senate Minority Leader Algiere falsifies his attendance at Senate Environment Committee meeting
Why did Senator Dennis Algiere (Republican, District 38, Westerly, Charlestown) falsify his attendance at the Wednesday, May 30 meeting of the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture? In his capacity as Senate Minority Leader, Al...
Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus condemns separating immigrant families at the border
The Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus issued the following statement Monday about the Trump administration’s decision to separate families seeking asylum at the United States - Mexico border: “The Women’s Caucus is unequivocal...
Refugee Dream Center distributes Ramadan food boxes to Muslim refugees
With the support of Islamic Relief USA, the Refugee Dream Center distributed Ramadan Food Boxes to families in the refugee community on Saturday morning. The Refugee Dream Center works to "facilitate their resettlement process and integr...
Veterans speak out against United States military interventions
The Rhode Island Anti-War Committee (RIAC) hosted a program at the Rochambeau Public Library in Providence Thursday evening featuring talks by two veterans critical of United States military interventions and the military/industrial comp...
We need nurses, social workers and mental health workers in our schools, not police officers, testifies student
"Students, including myself, don't feel safe around police officers because they carry guns and I have to constantly watch my back instead of feeling safe," said Aleita Cook, a Junior at Providence Career and Technical Academy (PCTA) and...