Politics & Elections
Election 2026 coverage
Video from the East Providence Mayoral Forum
Three candidate forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rhodalbe Island and the East Bay Newspapers were held at Martin Middle School in East Providence Wednesday evening. Candidates for Senate District 14, House District 66 an...
Roselli pledges Eminent Domain for the Power Plant site
Paul Roselli, Democratic candidate for Rhode Island Senate District 23 says that if he is elected he will use his new role to stop the proposed new power plant in northwestern Rhode Island by insisting the state use eminent domain (the f...
Four out of five candidates take the stage at a Providence mayoral forum
The Providence League of Women Voters, in conjunction with University of Rhode Island's Master of Public Administration Program hosted a Providence Mayoral Forum Tuesday evening. The forum was moderated by Rhode Island Public Radio's Sco...
Matt Brown issues cease and desist to Raimondo campaign over 'false and defamatory' ads
An attorney for the Matt Brown for Governor campaign issued a cease and desist letter to incumbent Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and her senior campaign staff calling on her to immediately retract the false and defamatory statement...
Updated: Invenergy lawyer donates to Melissa Murray's Senate District 24 campaign
Updated September 1, 2pm: At-large Woonsocket City Councilmember Melissa Murray, who is running as a progressive Democrat for the open Rhode Island Senate District 24 seat, has accepted a $150 donation from Attorney Elizabeth Noonan. Noo...
An argument for ranked choice voting implementation in Rhode Island
After several years of advocating, Maine voters won the fight to implement ranked-choice voting. Two years ago, voters gave the state the go-ahead to implement an instant runoff system, otherwise known as ranked choice voting. Maine poli...
McKee to receive another $50,000 Super PAC help
A campaign finance report filed Thursday, August 30th with the Rhode Island Board of Elections revealed that incumbent Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee is set to receive an additional $50,000 in Super PAC spending from Stacy Schusterman, an...
The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur compares Matt Brown campaign to Florida upstart Andrew Gillum
Democratic candidate for Governor of Rhode Island Matt Brown was interviewed by The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur on Wednesday, and Uygur drew comparisons between Brown's progressive campaign against incumbent Governor Gina Raimondo and the up...
Regunberg in Burrillville
Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, State Representative Aaron Regunberg was the first elected official to oppose the construction of Invenergy's $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed a...
Gubernatorial candidates Brown and Dickinson debate, Raimondo a no-show
Over a dozen people showed up outside Channel 12/WPRI studios in East Providence to call upon incumbent Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo to actually engage in the election process and debate her challengers, Matt Brown and Spencer Dicki...