State Government
RI House passes Rules with reforms: All the video
The Rhode Island House of Representatives debated the rules by which the chamber will be governed for the next two years for nearly three hours Wednesday evening, in the end …
Charlene Lima
Reproductive Rights
Senator Goldin and Representative Ajello file Reproductive Health Care Act
From a press release: With the backing of more cosponsors than ever before, Representative Edith Ajello and Senator Gayle Goldin are introducing legislation to enshrine the reproductive health care rights …
Elections 2018
Winners and losers as RI Board of Elections decides on nomination paper objections
The Rhode Island Board of Elections (RI BOE) heard a string of objections to nomination papers decisions made by local Boards of Canvassers across the state. There were nine objections …
Guns
Students protest General Assembly’s lack of action on Safe Schools Act
Rhode Island students “from Cranston, North Providence, Smithfield, Greenville, Coventry, Lincoln, Providence, Rumford, Warwick, Barrington and more” protested the slow response of the General Assembly to take action in the wake …
OpEd
Four bills that died in 2017 that should never come back (and five that should)
The 2017 legislative session was, in many ways, a reaction to nationwide events, including protests held by Black Lives Matter and other civil rights groups and, of course, the 2016 …