February 27, 2020

Economic Progress Institute: New brief analyzes how federal investments have improved RI’s Child Care Assistance Program as Congress debates $2.4B expansion of child care funding

Additional federal funding would allow Rhode Island to make quality child care more affordable for a larger...

February 27, 2020

Who is Dr Victor Pedro and why is he receiving $1M in the 2020 RI State Budget?

Update: 9:20AM: I caught Dr Victor Pedro outside his office this morning: Dr Victor Pedro has a...

February 27, 2020

Video from the House 2020 Budget Briefing

Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) held a legislative 2020 Budget briefing yesterday in the State...

February 27, 2020

Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless: General Assembly rejects $2.7M in federal dollars to help end chronic homelessness in Rhode Island

By removing $500,000 for a social impact bond project (also known as Pay for Success), the General...

June 17, 2019

ACLU: Lawsuit over immigrant detentions could affect detainees being held in Central Falls

A recently-filed ACLU class-action lawsuit challenging the government’s practice of denying due process to detained immigrants could...

February 27, 2020

Andy Boardman: House budget proposal – Three winners and three losers

While you were sleeping Friday night, House leaders unveiled their state budget proposal for the coming fiscal...

June 11, 2019

The Cities of Providence and Central Falls sued the Trump Administration and won

United States District Court Judge John McConnell today issued a blistering decision against United States Attorney General...

March 2, 2020

Democratic Socialists of America: We oppose Raimondo’s nomination of former National Grid lawyer to head the PUC

Amid chants of “Rescind the nomination,” Governor Gina Raimondo arrived home yesterday evening to the sight about...

March 2, 2020

Patricia Burke: Raimondo’s PUC pick needs scrutiny for National Grid connections

Various news outlets have reported that Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has nominated former National Grid lawyer...

March 2, 2020

Members of the George Wiley Center take over the Board

I arrived at the George Wiley Center action outside the Pawtucket Public Library Saturday morning with only...

March 2, 2020

George Wiley Center announces new board of directors

The George Wiley Center today announced the formation of a new board of directors reflective of the...

June 6, 2019

Speaker Mattiello accused of childish, unethical, outrageous behavior by Representative Fogarty

“I am here to tell you that this is not leadership. It is outrageous. It is unethical....

June 6, 2019

Week of Action announced to resist municipal and regional ICE agreements

ICE’s 287(g) agreements set to expire on June 30th Activists are calling for a “Week of Action...

February 27, 2020

Rhode Island Senate poised to issue a financial windfall to millionaire tax delinquents

This “get-out-of-debt free” card is the product of pro-business extremists such as Grafton H ‘Cap‘ Willey IV…...

June 4, 2019

Activist sentenced to ten days in jail for protesting ICE outside Bristol County Jail

“We can only hope to change the world by staring injustice in the face and forcing ourselves...