January 14, 2019

House Committee on Rules holds a public meeting, but are they listening?

On Tuesday afternoon the House Committee on Rules heard from the public on H5037 a bill that...

The 11th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil
March 2, 2020

The 11th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil

As it has for every year for over a decade, the 11th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith...

October 30, 2019

Three bidders for Elorza’s water leasing plan revealed

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza‘s Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for leasing the Providence Water Supply received three bids...

October 31, 2019

Providence City Council inauguration a day of firsts and political fault lines

The inauguration of a new Providence City Council was a day of firsts and a day of...

October 30, 2019

Elorza confronted by activists over his water leasing scheme during inauguration

In his second inaugural address, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza spoke about housing, the City’s financials, the dropping...

October 31, 2019

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s second inauguration address

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza held a chilly outdoors ceremony to celebrate his second inauguration. Below is the...

January 19, 2020

Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence supports Reform Caucus rule change proposals

From a press release: The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) supports the proposed rule changes...

January 19, 2020

Portsmouth Democrats support Reproductive Health Care Act

From a press release: The Portsmouth Democratic Town Committee, at their monthly meeting on January 3, 2019,...

January 19, 2020

House District 68 Special Election a do-over for Speakman supporters

“This is all so quick,” said Democratic candidate for House District 68 June Speakman to her supporters....

January 19, 2020

Should elected officials be submitting bills that affect elections they are currently running in?

Representative Kenneth Marshall (Democrat, District 68, Bristol) introduced H5015 today, legislation that “would allow the board of...

October 31, 2019

Jerry Elmer: The end of the Invenergy case is in sight

Invenergy‘s proposal for a $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant, aimed at the...

January 2, 2019

Reform Caucus makes its recommendations for House rules

The Reform Caucus, made up of the Democrats who opposed Representative Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston)...

January 19, 2020

CCRI Faculty protesting ‘educationally unsound’ 12-day classes

Members of he Community College of Rhode Island Faculty Association (CCRIFA) were protesting in the morning and...

January 2, 2019

Protesters rock the House during Mattiello’s ascendancy to Speaker

As a vote was pushed through inside the chambers of the Rhode Island House to elect Representative...

January 1, 2019

State Senator Sam Bell explains why he cannot support Ruggerio for Senate President

Newly elected State Senator Samuel Bell (Democrat, District 5, Providence) rose to explain why he will not...