RICAGV: Danger of untrained concealed carry holders in Rhode Island schools
January 19, 2020

RICAGV: Danger of untrained concealed carry holders in Rhode Island schools

As officials are learning more about the shooting last month at the STEM School Highlands Ranch, it...

Rhode Island Progressive Democrats statement on approved House budget
February 27, 2020

Rhode Island Progressive Democrats statement on approved House budget

Public pressure works, but budget still places the rich before working families Following approval this weekend of...

Statement of LGBTQ Action RI and GLAD on House vote to send Parentage Act to study commission
October 31, 2019

Statement of LGBTQ Action RI and GLAD on House vote to send Parentage Act to study commission

We are very disappointed in the House vote to send the Rhode Island Parentage Act (RIPA) to...

Warwick students, parents rally at Warwick City Hall over funding cuts; More protests planned
January 19, 2020

Warwick students, parents rally at Warwick City Hall over funding cuts; More protests planned

In response to the funding cuts presented by the Warwick School Committee (which would eliminate the sports...

Providence students featured on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
January 19, 2020

Providence students featured on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Recent Providence schools graduates Aleita Cook and Ahmed Sesay held back laughs as The Daily Show correspondent...

Moira Hinderer: Pass S0789/H5707 and protect Rhode Island families
October 31, 2019

Moira Hinderer: Pass S0789/H5707 and protect Rhode Island families

I gave birth to my daughter June under tough circumstances. She was born at 29 weeks, weighing...

Secretary of State’s election bills are all in danger of failing to pass…
January 19, 2020

Secretary of State’s election bills are all in danger of failing to pass…

Back in February Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea proposed a set of bills “to improve...

Community members bring complaints about the Providence Police to a PERA Board without a quorum
January 19, 2020

Community members bring complaints about the Providence Police to a PERA Board without a quorum

The Providence Police Department has violated the Community Safety Act on several counts, say community members, adding...

FANG visits the Wyatt Detention Facility’s “Special Master” at Locke Lord LLC
October 31, 2019

FANG visits the Wyatt Detention Facility’s “Special Master” at Locke Lord LLC

Members and allies of the FANG Collective entered the law offices of Locke Lord LLP in Providence...

A lively forum for the open City Council seat in Woonsocket
January 19, 2020

A lively forum for the open City Council seat in Woonsocket

Over 60 people crowded into the Woonsocket Harris Public Library where the Woonsocket Republican City Committee was...

The case against HP Lovecraft
March 2, 2020

The case against HP Lovecraft

HP Lovecraft was a racist, an antisemite, and a white supremacist. And it’s time for Rhode Island...

DEM’s air pollution permit for Invenergy project uses outdated metrics, says Paul Roselli of the Burrillville Land Trust
October 31, 2019

DEM’s air pollution permit for Invenergy project uses outdated metrics, says Paul Roselli of the Burrillville Land Trust

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) issued a draft “major source” air pollution permit for...

Parents and advocates urge House Speaker to pass H5707 to modernize outdated parentage laws
October 31, 2019

Parents and advocates urge House Speaker to pass H5707 to modernize outdated parentage laws

Rhode Island urgently needs to update our parentage laws which haven’t changed since the 1970’s. The Senate...

No time to wait: The Rhode Island Senate needs to raise the minimum wage this year, and here’s how
March 2, 2020

No time to wait: The Rhode Island Senate needs to raise the minimum wage this year, and here’s how

Tell your Senator – tell all the Senators – that you want them to amend the 2020...

The House passes the 2020 Rhode Island State Budget – All the video
February 27, 2020

The House passes the 2020 Rhode Island State Budget – All the video

House deliberations on the 2020 Rhode Island State Budget (H5151A) were to begin at 2pm on Friday...

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