Bills dealing with guns, immigration and reproductive rights were heard in the Rhode Island House Committee on the Judiciary Tuesday evening, a perfect storm of contentious issues guaranteed to elicit …
The Senate Labor Committee started Wednesday’s hearing on two wage discrimination bills with only two Senators in attendance,
I was late getting to room 212 at the Rhode Island State House, where the Senate Committee on Labor, chaired by Senator Paul Fogarty (Democrat, District 23, Burrillville, Glocester), was …
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 Rhode Island, The Woman Project, The …
Providence City Council President David Salvatore and the crest of the city council today announced their intention to request legislation that would enable Rhode Island municipalities to regulate firearms. The …
Gun control advocacy groups in Rhode Island are shaping their legislative strategy in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida last week. The Rhode Island Coalition …
“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, Providence). “It’s beyond time Rhode Island …
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 effort takes the form of …
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 pay for all workers. Raising the …
Representative Edith Ajello (Democrat, District 1, Providence) and Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence) are introducing legislation to eliminate laws that contradict the abortion rights affirmed by Roe v …
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