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Gina Raimondo's annotated State of the State address
https://youtu.be/0ypLmFnDK1o Above: Video of the State of the State address. Below: Raimondo's State of the State address, as annotated by her office. STRONGER TODAY Good evening. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, Senate President, members of the...
Small Business Economic Summit recycles long debunked minimum wage myths
At the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit, held at Bryant University on Tuesday morning, Dale Venturini, President and CEO of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association was asked about the use of robots in her industry as a r...
Protesters chide Jack Reed for excessive military spending
Several people held signs outside United States Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)'s Cranston office Tuesday afternoon protesting his support for "endless war and excessive military spending." Reed voted in support of the largest military budget e...
Update on ACLU “Harrington Hall” lawsuit: State law remains on hold
Following a closed-chambers conference with US District Judge William Smith today, the State has acknowledged that a new law which caps the occupancy of registered sex offenders at Harrington Hall homeless shelter in Cranston at 10 perce...
Not resting on a 'win' against fossil fuel compressor station, Rehoboth prepares itself for round two, with the help of elected officials
[caption id="attachment_4319" align="alignright" width="400"] Cathy Kristofferson[/caption] The environmental action group Citizens Against the Rehoboth Compressor Station (CARCS) is not taking their recent "win" for granted. In June 201...
Rhode Island speaks out against President Donald Trump's ignorant racism
"New Bridges for Haitian Success, other Haitian leaders and elected officials take this initiative to condemn the President of the United State's remarks about Haiti and African countries," said New Bridges founder Bernard Georges at a p...
NAACP President Jim Vincent: We got to get conscious right now!
"I'm here because I'm outraged," said Jim Vincent, President of the NAACP Providence Branch. "I'm outraged because of the constant bigotry that has come out of the White House. From the fact that [President Donald Trump] questioned the c...
Providence City Councilor Nirva LaFortune: We must counter darkness and hate with love and light
"In this day and age there is no room for racist and xenophobic practices. Our nation should focus on mending and developing bridges locally and internationally. Haitians, Africans and many immigrant communities have withstood years of r...
Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell: Faith, love and strong progressive legislation for a better world
"I just want to begin by saying Donald Trump is a racist, he's a fraud, he's a bigot and he's a misogynist," said Rhode Island State Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (Democrat, District 5, Providence) on Sunday to a packed room at t...
Celebrating the lottery, and football, and all that they entail
[caption id="attachment_4190" align="alignright" width="400"] Gina Raimondo and Jonathan Kraft[/caption] At a press conference held yesterday to announce new Patriots themed scratch tickets, Governor Gina Raimondo, New England Patriots P...