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Providence City Council President Salvatore responds to FOP's comments on CSA
Providence City Council President David Salvatore responds to the Providence Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Lodge #3 comments linking recent gun violence to the implementation of the Community Safety Act. "The women and men of the Prov...
Providence Police Union blames uptick in gun violence on Community Safety Act; advocates and police commissioner disagree
Leaders of the Providence Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Lodge #3, the police union, issued a long statement on social media Thursday blaming a recent rise in gun violence and shootings on the passage of the Community Safety Act (CSA)...
Pain management without opioids: Rhode Island has a model that works
Former Rhode Island Department of Health Director Dr Michael Fine addressed the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council Wednesday afternoon on the need for multidisciplinary, non-narcotic chronic pain treatment centers as an alternative t...
Regunberg and Calkin introduce Medicare-for-All legislation
Legislation proposing a “Medicare-for-all” style program (also known as "single payer"), that would replace multiple “middlemen” insurers with a single coverage provider, was launched at a press conference today at the Rhode Island State...
Ajello and Goldin re-introduce the Reproductive Health Care Act
[caption id="attachment_4679" align="alignright" width="400"] Edith Ajello[/caption] Representative Edith Ajello (Democrat, District 1, Providence) and Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence) are introducing legislation t...
ACLU and RIDLC ask US Attorney to investigate police policies governing communication with the deaf
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU) and the Rhode Island Disability Law Center (RIDLC) have asked the United States Attorney’s Office for Rhode Island to address local law enforcement agencies’ lack of compliance wi...
Cupcakes delivered to supporters of reproductive rights at the State House
Members of the General Assembly that supported the 2017 Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) were presented with heartfelt thanks, and a cupcake, by members of The Woman Project before the beginning of Tuesday's session. The RHCA did not...
Jobs With Justice launches RhodyCare campaign to ease the burden of caring for loved ones
“Everyone deserves the freedom to live full and healthy lives, as well as the ability to sustain their families,” said Rhode Island Jobs with Justice Executive Director Michael Araujo. “With RhodyCare, we can make that vision a reality f...
Video from the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit
The structure of the late morning/early afternoon portion of the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit consists of getting political luminaries such as Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, State Treasu...
The Small Business Economic Summit is the tail that wags the General Assembly
"I haven't missed one of these summits since I was elected," said Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) to the attendees of the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit Tuesday mor...