Tag: Gayle Goldin
Reproductive Health Care Act gets its hearing at a busy State House
Bills dealing with guns, immigration and reproductive rights were heard in the Rhode Island House Committee on the Judiciary Tuesday evening, a perfect storm...
Rhode Island’s annual battle for increasing the minimum wage stacked against workers
I was late getting to room 212 at the Rhode Island State House, where the Senate Committee on Labor, chaired by Senator Paul Fogarty...
International Women’s Day marked by two celebrations at the State House
International Women's Day was marked by two celebrations at the Rhode Island State House on Thursday. Hope and Change for Haiti, along with Indivisible...
Providence wants to regulate firearms, so the state needs to repeal preemption
Providence City Council President David Salvatore and the crest of the city council today announced their intention to request legislation that would enable Rhode...
Legislation and protests planned in wake of Parkland shooting
Gun control advocacy groups in Rhode Island are shaping their legislative strategy in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida...
Senator Goldin introduces bill to ban high-capacity gun magazines
“It’s only seven weeks into the year and we’ve already had multiple mass shootings,” said Rhode Island State Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3,...
Planned Parenthood launches 50 state initiative to expand reproductive health care access
Planned Parenthood today announced a "sweeping plan" to "push initiatives that expand access to reproductive health care in all 50 states." In Rhode Island, that...
Announcing the campaign for a $15 minimum wage and fair wages
Today marked the launch of a coordinated campaign to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023 and to guarantee fair...
Ajello and Goldin re-introduce the Reproductive Health Care Act
Representative Edith Ajello (Democrat, District 1, Providence) and Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence) are introducing legislation to eliminate laws that contradict the...
Goldin, Tanzi to reintroduce bill requiring disclosure of tax returns for presidential candidates
As details trickle out about who would gain and who would lose under the federal tax overhaul bill approved by Congress this week, Representative Teresa...