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Governor Raimondo signs "red flag" policy, says legislation still needed
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed a "red flag" policy today, a step towards keeping guns out of the hands of people who might pose a danger to themselves and others. Raimondo is the first governor in the United States to take su...
Rodrigo Pimentel: America must renew its promise to DREAMers
With each passing day, I am increasingly terrified of what the future may hold. My family immigrated to Rhode Island when I was just ten months old, from Portugal. Because of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, otherwise known as DAC...
Speaker Mattiello and Rep Canario introduce "Red Flag" gun bill
Representative Dennis Canario filed legislation (H7688) that "would create a means for courts to disarm people whose behavior is believed by authorities to pose a serious threat to others or themselves." Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democ...
Governors Raimondo, Cuomo, Malloy and Murphy announce States for Gun Safety Coalition
"Rhode Island has some of the nation's strongest gun laws, but our nation has some of the world's weakest. Kids in Florida and across the nation are taking action, and it's not a surprise: We've forced them to lead because for years elec...
ACLU warns against rush to expel Kettle
"The ACLU of Rhode Island appreciates the severity of the allegations that have been leveled against [Senator Nicholas Kettle] in Friday's indictment. At the same time, we are alarmed at the apparent haste by which the Senate is consider...
Legislation and protests planned in wake of Parkland shooting
Gun control advocacy groups in Rhode Island are shaping their legislative strategy in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida last week. The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) s asking m...
Judge demands answers from ICE in Lilian Calderon case
United States District Judge Mark Wolf is demanding answers from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding Lilian Calderon and individuals like her who have been detained by ICE while seeking to validate their mar...
Senator Goldin introduces bill to ban high-capacity gun magazines
“It’s only seven weeks into the year and we’ve already had multiple mass shootings,” said Rhode Island State Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence). "It’s beyond time Rhode Island takes action. High-capacity magazines tu...
RI Coalition Against Gun Violence statement on the Parkland, Florida school shooting
Columbine, Sandy Hook, Pulse Night Club, Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs Church, and, now, Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. 17 young, beautiful lives eviscerated by a man with a weapon intended solely for battlefields. All the dril...
DARE fighting Providence gentrification with rent control proposal
A window in the empty third floor apartment at 40 Grove Street in Providence had blown open in the night, letting out heat and letting in an early morning, below freezing draft. Other windows in the first, second and third floor apartmen...