Senate President calls for resignation of RIPTA CEO
February 20, 2023

Senate President calls for resignation of RIPTA CEO

On Friday evening, Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio released a statement calling for Rhode Island Public...

Christian Roselund: Why Peter Alviti Must Go
February 17, 2023

Christian Roselund: Why Peter Alviti Must Go

An Open Letter to Members of the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee...

Governor McKee boasts about tax breaks for businesses at Chamber breakfast
February 13, 2023

Governor McKee boasts about tax breaks for businesses at Chamber breakfast

At the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Breakfast held at the Kirkbrae County Club in Lincoln...

On first day of session, advocates steer focus to equal abortion rights
January 4, 2023

On first day of session, advocates steer focus to equal abortion rights

Reproductive rights volunteers and allies from The Womxn Project urged the members of the Rhode Island General...

Gina Raimondo’s CRMC was designed to favor wealthy and connected interests, and it delivered
October 14, 2022

Gina Raimondo’s CRMC was designed to favor wealthy and connected interests, and it delivered

In 2017 then Governor Gina Raimondo changed the membership of the CRMC and began a five-year pattern...

Rhode Island’s power needs will now be met by Rhode Island Energy, a division of PPL
May 26, 2022

Rhode Island’s power needs will now be met by Rhode Island Energy, a division of PPL

National Grid plc announced yesterday that it has completed the sale of the Narragansett Electric Company (NECO)...

Why Coastal Resource reforms must focus on environmental racism
January 20, 2022

Why Coastal Resource reforms must focus on environmental racism

During the hearings held by the special Commission, environmental justice and the overt racism of the CRMC...

Asinof: What role do politically-connected consultants play in state funding?
December 6, 2021

Asinof: What role do politically-connected consultants play in state funding?

“What role did McKinsey & Company play as a pro bono consultant to the state of Rhode...

Ahlquist: Are lawyers morally culpable for the terrible acts they help their clients to perform?
May 4, 2022

Ahlquist: Are lawyers morally culpable for the terrible acts they help their clients to perform?

There is “something quite seductive” about “being able to turn aside so many ostensibly difficult moral dilemmas...

From Burrillville to Killingly: No more fossil fuel power plants!
November 8, 2021

From Burrillville to Killingly: No more fossil fuel power plants!

“As in Rhode Island, in Connecticut we found that delaying them, defeated them. Early local opposition was...

Interview: Brett Smiley is running for Mayor of Providence as an experienced administrator
October 13, 2021

Interview: Brett Smiley is running for Mayor of Providence as an experienced administrator

“What I hope is part of the conversation in the year and a half to come is,...

As eviction moratorium ends, renters begin to call out landlords
August 3, 2021

As eviction moratorium ends, renters begin to call out landlords

“I need this [protest] to be an example of what’s going to happen to every landlord who...

RI Black Business Association issues state a failing grade after Disparity Report release
July 30, 2021

RI Black Business Association issues state a failing grade after Disparity Report release

“Why did it take them this long [to release the Disparity Report],” asked RIBBA’s Executive Director Lisa...

Mayor Elorza rallies to have teacher contract details released
July 29, 2021

Mayor Elorza rallies to have teacher contract details released

“…once we see the contract, we can get into whether it’s transformational or not,” said Providence Mayor...

McKee budget fully funds Raimondo / DOT plan to dismantle Kennedy Plaza
December 29, 2021

McKee budget fully funds Raimondo / DOT plan to dismantle Kennedy Plaza

In an inauspicious start to his administration, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee has included funding in his...

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