December 27, 2018

Rhode Island General Assembly to convene on New Year’s Day

The Rhode Island General Assembly will convene on Tuesday, January 1, at 4pm as members of the...

February 27, 2020

Providence City Council Finance Committee to consider controversial tax agreements tonight

Under a plan being unveiled at the Providence City Council Finance Committee meeting this evening at 5pm,...

October 31, 2019

An open letter from Climate Action Rhode Island to Governor Gina Raimondo

Dear Gina, Congratulations on being named Chair of the Democratic Governors Association. Our organization, Climate Action Rhode...

October 31, 2019

The Womxn Project: Reproductive Health Care Act would protect abortion access

Statement by The Womxn Project (TWP) on the pre-filing of the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA), which would affirm...

March 2, 2020

Santa and the Pickle Boys

Back then, we didn’t call them serial killers. We didn’t have those words. And truthfully, I don’t...

October 31, 2019

Goldin and Ajello pre-file Reproductive Health Care Act

Rhode Island State Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence) and Representative Edith Ajello (Democrat, District 1,...

January 19, 2020

Christmas Carolers rebuffed at City Hall and RI Housing

Both Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and Rhode Island Housing Director Barbara Fields refused to leave their offices...

March 2, 2020

EPI report: Rhode Islanders are still struggling to meet basic needs

The Economic Progress Institute (EPI) publishes its Rhode Island Standard of Need (RISN) report twice a year...

October 30, 2019

Two State Senators express concerns about Raimondo’s judicial nominees

“I’m very proud to be appointing one of the most diverse sets of judges, I think, really,...

October 31, 2019

Over 200 jobs lost as Providence Board of Licenses votes to close Foxy Lady

Today the Providence Board of Licenses decided, on a 3-1 vote, to close the Foxy Lady, after...

December 19, 2018

Vigil for International Migrants Day

Standing Up for Racial Justice Rhode Island (SURJ) braved the windchill to hold a vigil outside the...

October 30, 2019

Scituate releases report on Providence Water, the town’s largest landowner

A while back the Scituate Town Council hired attorney Michael Marcello to write “a pretty expensive report...

October 31, 2019

ACLU: Justice reinvestment undermined by General Assembly expansion of “Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline”

A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU RI) finds that, “the...

October 31, 2019

COYOTE RI observes the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers is observed each year on December 17 to...

December 17, 2018

‘We must move beyond business as usual,’ says new report on Rhode Island’s inadequate response to climate change

The Civic Alliance for a Cooler Rhode Island (CACRI) has issued a “citizen evaluation” of the Executive...