Government
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We are rallying to hold war hawks to account, no matter what party they belong to
We do not want James Langevin (Democrat, Rhode Island) to think we have forgotten him. While much of the effort is on the Senate side of Congress to rein in the President's war making powers due to 16 and 17 year old Authorizations for U...
General Assembly fast tracking asthma inducing biomass incinerator for high rolling campaign contributor
This has all happened before... H8020, legislation "clearly designed to benefit one company" and "to benefit one guy," is being fast tracked through the General Assembly. If passed, the legislation will classify "biomass incineration" as...
Senate committee moves legislation that will continue driver's licenses for Dreamers
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed S2678a, which will allow DACA recipients to continue driving legally in Rhode Island. The DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program has been terminated by President Donald Trump, leaving...
Religious leaders bring 'guns to plowshares' to the State House
Following the weekend services in which the religious leaders of three churches and one synagogue talked to their faith communities about gun violence, (see: ProJo article here)and launched a symbolic effort to transform guns into plowsh...
Natural hair braiders demonstrate their craft at the State House
A group of natural hair braiders gave a demonstration of their work outside the Rhode Island Senate Chamber Thursday afternoon to encourage the passage of S2323, would exempt natural hair braiders from the licensing requirements for hair...
Despite the hype, New England does not need Invenergy plant
We have been hearing a lot this winter and spring about warnings from the ISO, the operator of New England’s electricity grid, of the possible future risk (during the winter of 2024-2025) of rolling blackouts if we do not build more foss...
Fentanyl test strips can save lives, but we need legislation
"For the price of just $1, a life can be spared," said Michael Galipeau of RICARES. "We are tired of dying out here, and for just a dollar, that is one powerful price tag.” Galipeau was speaking outside the Providence Safety Complex at a...
Reverend Traci Blackmon electrifies the 10th Annual Interfaith Poverty Conference
The Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty held their 10th Interfaith Poverty Conference at Rhode Island College Wednesday morning, featuring Reverend Traci Blackmon as the keynote speaker. Blackmon, a powerful and moving sp...
Mattiello challenged for his comments on Roe v Wade codification
The following was released by four Women's groups in response to comments made earlier on Friday by Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston): Earlier today Rhode Island Public Radio aired Rhode Island House Speaker Ni...
We still don't need fracked gas: New report shows ISO got it wrong
A new report shows that ISO-New England used unreasonable assumptions in its Operational Fuel Security Analysis released on January 17, 2018. ISO's original analysis demonstrated "significant grid reliability issues and rolling blackouts...