March 2, 2020

Hope and Change for Haiti celebrates International Women’s Day

Hope and Change for Haiti held their second annual International Women Day Celebration at the Rhode Island...

October 31, 2019

Invenergy hearings resume at EFSB, CLF warns against delays

The hearings on Invenergy‘s proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant are resuming...

March 11, 2019

Senator Sam Bell urges his fellow senators to vote against Senate Rules on Wednesday

Last week the Senate Rules Committee unanimously voted to send the newly revised Senate Rules to the...

October 31, 2019

All the video: Testimony on the Reproductive Health Care Act before Senate Judiciary

Testimony on the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday lasted well...

October 31, 2019

Resolutions to find state level Green New Deal solutions to the climate crisis introduced

Representative Christopher Blazejewski (Democrat, District 2, Providence) and Senator Louis DiPalma (Democrat, District 12, Little Compton, Middletown,...

October 31, 2019

Rhode Island House of Representatives passes bill codifying Roe v Wade

In a hearing that lasted around five hours, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed the Reproductive...

October 31, 2019

Youth Plaintiffs file Superior Court requests in Duryea v Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Nature’s Trust Rhode Island announced that it has taken further action to compel the State of Rhode...

March 2, 2020

Four members of the Rhode Island House just voted against a gay wedding…

On Tuesday, State Representative Robert Craven (Democrat, District 32, North Kingstown) rose to recommend passage of Senate...

October 31, 2019

UNAP stages informational picket outside Fatima ahead of possible strike

“We don’t take this step lightly and we realize what’s at stake for each other, our patients...

March 2, 2020

Women’s Economic Justice Platform introduced in the General Assembly

The Women’s Economic Justice platform, which includes raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by...

March 7, 2019

We cannot bomb our way to peace…

On Friday, March 8 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm No Endless War and Excessive Militarism will be...

January 19, 2020

Bill would allow for the possibility for parole for juveniles serving life

“My name is Mario Monteiro. I’m a juvenile lifer serving a mandatory consecutive double life sentence.” Those...

January 19, 2020

June Speakman wins House District 68 special election

“I want to thank the voters of Bristol and Warren for believing in our campaign and for...

House Judiciary Committee passes bill to codify Roe v Wade
October 31, 2019

House Judiciary Committee passes bill to codify Roe v Wade

The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee today approved the Reproductive Privacy Act (RPA), House Bill 5125 Substitute...

October 31, 2019

Rhode Island joins lawsuit against Trump’s Title X changes that erode access to reproductive services

“Reproductive health care freedom must be preserved, and part of that freedom includes making sure that women...