RI Rank releases General Assembly 2022 Overall Rankings
August 29, 2022

RI Rank releases General Assembly 2022 Overall Rankings

Election time promises mean nothing if, when push comes to shove, a legislator holds an important bill...

Corruption and back-room deals: Redistricting Commission a massive failure
February 8, 2022

Corruption and back-room deals: Redistricting Commission a massive failure

Hearing about reporters being denied access to the sub-basement office, Representative Michelle McGaw asked the consultant, “Is...

RI redistricting bill seeks to favor incumbents, give party leaders more control at voters’ expense
February 3, 2022

RI redistricting bill seeks to favor incumbents, give party leaders more control at voters’ expense

“Want to see how democracy dies in the darkness?” asked Senator Jeanine Calkin on Twitter. “Check out...

Redistricting in Rhode Island: Grand Theft Democracy
December 13, 2021

Redistricting in Rhode Island: Grand Theft Democracy

The process of redistricting in Rhode Island is corrupt on a molecular level, and has been for...

The RI Redistricting Commission hearing on prison gerrymandering
November 29, 2021

The RI Redistricting Commission hearing on prison gerrymandering

“If the state really does believe that imprisoned people are in fact residents of the districts in...

Grassroots coalition calls on Redistricting Commission to eliminate Prison Gerrymandering
November 3, 2021

Grassroots coalition calls on Redistricting Commission to eliminate Prison Gerrymandering

“Prison gerrymandering unfairly inflates the voting power of whiter, more rural communities while diminishing voting power for...

If RI Redistricting fails to act within 8 days, racist prison gerrymandering will persist for 10 more years
October 20, 2021

If RI Redistricting fails to act within 8 days, racist prison gerrymandering will persist for 10 more years

The RI Redistricting Commission is on a time crunch. There are only two more hearings before these...

Let RI Vote releases poll in support of legislation to make voting easier
May 13, 2021

Let RI Vote releases poll in support of legislation to make voting easier

“In 2020 Rhode Islanders were given choices to cast their ballots and they responded in record numbers,”...

The pandemic has changed the way the public testifies before the General Assembly, and it’s for the better
January 26, 2021

The pandemic has changed the way the public testifies before the General Assembly, and it’s for the better

“Here we were, giving testimony about access, and I was literally having access,” said Jocelyn Foye, executive...

Derailed by the pandemic, a bill to improve the Open Meetings Act is re-introduced
January 19, 2021

Derailed by the pandemic, a bill to improve the Open Meetings Act is re-introduced

House bill H5032 “would require that all meetings closed to the public be recorded by audio tape...

Representative Moira Walsh: The exit interview
September 28, 2020

Representative Moira Walsh: The exit interview

“If you don’t mind, I would love to skip ahead to the very first thing that got...

Secretary Gorbea: All active RI voters will receive mail ballot applications for November 3 election
September 11, 2020

Secretary Gorbea: All active RI voters will receive mail ballot applications for November 3 election

“Early in person voting passed as a law, and not just or the pandemic, here, it passed...

Representative Williams calls on governor to nominate women of color to the judiciary
September 3, 2020

Representative Williams calls on governor to nominate women of color to the judiciary

“We have had this conversation far too often, and for far too long,” said Representative Anastasia Williams....

Groups challenge state vote-by-mail requirements that put voters at risk during COVID-19 pandemic
July 23, 2020

Groups challenge state vote-by-mail requirements that put voters at risk during COVID-19 pandemic

“No one should have to choose between their health and their right to vote,” said Common Cause...

16 good government groups oppose voting bill before House Judiciary Committee
July 7, 2020

16 good government groups oppose voting bill before House Judiciary Committee

Today the House Judiciary Committee will be taking up H7896, a bill from the Rhode Island Board...

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