October 31, 2019

Representatives Corvese, Costantino and McNamara foolishly confuse parody for threat

Satire: The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices,...

October 31, 2019

Attorney General Peter Nerohna’s testimony in favor of codifying Roe v Wade into Rhode Island State Law

The following is Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Nerohna‘s written testimony to the House Judiciary Committee in...

October 31, 2019

Audrey O’Donnell: My testimony on the Reproductive Health Care Act

My name is Audrey O’Donnell and I’m here to advocate in favor of the Reproductive Health Care...

October 31, 2019

Melanie Dupont: My complete testimony before House Judiciary

I am Melanie DuPont. In 2018, I ran for Rhode Island State Senate, and I am now...

February 1, 2019

Video: House Committee hears testimony on Reproductive Health Care Act

The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on five bills concerning reproductive rights and abortion on...

January 30, 2019

Invenergy’s local law firm, Adler, Pollock and Sheehan, is throwing Governor Raimondo a fundraiser

Per Ted Nesi of Channel 12/WPRI, it looks like Invenergy‘s local law firm Adler, Pollock and Sheehan...

October 31, 2019

Healthcare workers picket for living wages and patient care at Blackstone Valley Community Health Center

Staff at Blackstone Valley Community Health Care (BVCHC) held an informational picket today in Central Falls to...

November 6, 2019

Updated: Governor Raimondo proposing to copy Trump tax break into Rhode Island State Law

In Governor Gina Raimondo‘s recently proposed budget, on page 317, lines 24-27, there is this: “For purposes...

January 24, 2019

Video from 2019’s first House Committee on Judiciary

The first meeting of the House Committee on Judiciary was to start at the “Rise of the...

January 24, 2019

If granted, Invenergy will seek to sell its permit or sit on it until market conditions make the plant needed, says expert

Burrillville’s expert witness says plant is not needed Under cross-examination from Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney...

January 24, 2019

Codifying Roe v Wade: RI Coalition for Reproductive Freedom kicks-off the Reproductive Health Care Act at the State House

Hundreds of people crowded the Rhode Island State House rotunda to celebrate the introduction of the Reproductive...

January 23, 2019

Speaker Mattiello retaliates against Reform Caucus members with committee assignments

Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) said he would not retaliate...

January 23, 2019

General Assembly persists in its policy of institutionalized bigotry against the LGBTQ community

Since the passage of marriage equality in Rhode Island, certain State Representatives and Senators in the General...

January 22, 2019

New podcast to deal with RI State House through the lens of reproductive rights

Jennifer Rourke, former Democratic candidate for Rhode Island State Senator (District 29, Warwick) is hosting a new...

January 22, 2019

A rally to commemorate the Women’s March at the Rhode Island State House

[Update: Lisa Peterson of the Rhode Island Womxn’s Action Initiative writes that, “This is a misrepresentation of...