Politics & Elections
Election 2026 coverage
The battle over the JCLS is also about gerrymandering
"It’s called gerrymandering, and it is done to the extreme here," continued House Minority Leader Blake Filippi. "We fully support Common Cause’s initiative for a citizen’s commission to draw legislative districts, not legislators, which...
Bloomberg Advertisements on Local Television raise Concerns
“At some point Bloomberg is mass bribing cable/local news. Usually this isn’t an issue because candidates effectively cancel each other out but when it gets to $1B, $2B we’ll have one candidate underwriting the whole TV news industry,” t...
Senate Judiciary passes bill to allow campaign cash to be used for child care
"What is most essential in any campaign is time," said Liz Gledhill, executive director of the Rhode Island Democratic Women's Caucus. "The time to canvas, the time to network, the time to campaign. Childcare expenditures are expenditure...
“Redraw Rhode Island” kicks-off campaign for an Independent Redistricting Commission
“If we pass this, now, we can have an independent redistricting process after the 2020 Census,” said John Marion, Executive Director of Common Cause Rhode Island. "We can have citizens draw the new district lines, rather than legislators...
Governor Raimondo endorses Mike Bloomberg for President
"Mike Bloomberg is everything President Trump isn't," said Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo. "He's facts over fiction. He's a doer, not a talker… He's a uniter, not a divider. He's a pragmatist, not a partisan. And he brings calm, con...
Senate District 31 Candidate Kendra Anderson’s statement on minimum wage increase
"As a member of the Rhode Island Political Coop I have made increasing the minimum wage to $15 a top platform priority since day one," said Kendra Anderson. I was not surprised to see, once again, the inability of our Rhode Island Senate...
Looking beyond RI’s political apathy: How to deepen Democracy in the Ocean State
"It doesn’t take millions of dollars in a single election cycle. It requires vision, which we have. It requires sustained funding, which exists. Although there’s been a lot of excitement around party scandals and political cooperatives,...
Woonsocket City Council passes resolution honoring self-admitted white nationalist
"It's all about cancel culture," said Woonsocket City Council Vice President Jon Brien. "When you don't like what you hear, shut them down, turn it off, get them fired, ruin their lives. This is a system that has been created years ago b...
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Video from the Rhode Island Students for Bernie Kickoff Rally "We believe, as progressives, that another world is not only possible, but actually within our reach," said Jennifer Epps-Addison, Executive Director of the Center for Popular...
Nine Local, State Officials Endorse Elizabeth Warren for President
“I’m grateful to be endorsed by this group of Rhode Island’s foremost leaders,” said Elizabeth Warren. “From universal child care to a Green New Deal, together, we’ll fight for a more just world and for a government that works for everyo...