Joint Committee on Legislative Services

RI House debates potential rule changes

Sgouros: RI’s legislature lacks policy staff, and that’s a problem
December 14, 2021

Sgouros: RI’s legislature lacks policy staff, and that’s a problem

Information is power, but past Speakers apparently never understood that. They thought of power in terms of...
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...
RI House Democratic Caucus votes Joseph Shekarchi as new Speaker
November 5, 2020

RI House Democratic Caucus votes Joseph Shekarchi as new Speaker

“I’m not prepared to commit to anything because we have a $900 million deficit. And literally everything...
The battle over the JCLS is also about gerrymandering
February 17, 2020

The battle over the JCLS is also about gerrymandering

“It’s called gerrymandering, and it is done to the extreme here,” continued House Minority Leader Blake Filippi....
Blazejewski to prefile legislation tackling sexual and discriminatory harassment at the General Assembly
October 31, 2019

Blazejewski to prefile legislation tackling sexual and discriminatory harassment at the General Assembly

Representative Christopher Blazejewski (Democrat, District 2, Providence) plans to prefile legislation ahead of the 2019 legislative session...
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