Politics & Elections
Election 2026 coverage
Candidates for Second Congressional District get philosophical at clergy leaders' forum
"The motivation for today's forum comes from a concern that elections in America today tend to focus on personalities and an attitude of 'What can you do for me?'" said Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser, who emceed the forum. "As clergy leaders we hope that this forum will help shift this - even a little bit - to more eternal and universal concerns about creating a society that lives up to the moral values of our highest aspirations."
Heated District 62 (Pawtucket) forum highlights stark differences between candidates
Candidates Mary Messier, Kinverly Dicupe and Wayne Charbonneau answered questions on economic justice, energy costs, climate change, policing, school resource officers, LEOBoR, the state budget, education and much more.
2022 Rankings Kick Off with New Standards
The first of our segments, the 2022 RI Rank Environmental Rankings for the Rhode Island General Assembly have been released and can be reviewed here. This year we made some small but important changes to how votes are tallied in order to...
Gonzalo Cuervo's housing plan earns him progressive endorsements, sets high bar for other mayoral candidates
Candidate for Mayor of Providence Gonzalo Cuervo unveiled his plan to tackle the housing affordability crisis in Providence at a press conference in South Providence Monday morning. His plan includes rent stabilization, a cutting-edge city program to develop mixed income housing, an eviction prevention program, and zoning reform.
Students4Change holds an excellent candidate forum in North Kingstown
"It's been a rough couple of years," said Michaud, noting that all students have had a difficult time during the pandemic. We've had a couple of losses of teachers and faculty, and we had the incident with Aaron Thomas. It's been a lot. Trying to get our community rebuilt is important, but hard to do because a lot of people are still in the shock process…"
Candidates for Providence City Council Ward 3 address tough questions at east side forum
Democratic Candidates Sue Anderbois, Corey Jones, and Bradly VanDerStad were joined by independent Michael Fink in answering a series of questions and introducing themselves to voter in the district.
North Providence Mayor Lombardi confirms that Holly O'Donnell filed a harassment complaint against Chief Tikoian
"Did I like what was told to me? I didn't like it at all," said North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi. "I thought I addressed it in the best possible way. In the course of my conversation [with Holly and Colonel O'Donnell] I said, 'Maybe you should consider a restraining order.'"
Mayoral forum challenges candidates on health equity in Providence
"If you live in Smith Hill, your life expectancy is 6 years less than if you live on College Hill," said Jennifer Hawkins, Executive Director of One Neighborhood Builders, introducing the mayoral candidate forum on Wednesday evening. "And that has nothing to do with seeing your doctor or taking your medications. It's about issues in the neighborhood..."
Providence mayoral candidates tackle questions from addiction recovery community
"As you know, 435 of our friends and family members died of accidental drug overdoses in the state last year. 94 of those people were Providence residents. How will your administration specifically support overdose prevention initiatives such as the Harm Reduction Centers during your first term?"
Candidates for governor provide their take on senior and disability issues
As Rhode Island Statewide Planning projections indicate that people 65 and older will grow to over 1/4 of the state population by 2030, an increase of 65,000 over the 2020 census, the forum’s overarching question was: What will our next governor do to ensure the well-being of seniors, considering the forecasted population growth of older Rhode Islanders?