The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Friday that they will be hearing testimony on a slate of policing and criminal justice bills, including three...
"Providence gains nothing by allowing Walmart oligarchs to direct public policy," writes the Providence DSA. "The working class of our city can’t depend on the good...
"We're not asking for defunding the police," said State Senator Tiara Mack. "We're not asking to abolish the police right now. We're asking for the bare...
"Anything short of a full repeal is unacceptable. The time is now for a full repeal, explicitly replacing it with the same protections and procedures applied...
"Many of the arrests created by the Providence Police Department are understood to be state mandated arrests by either the issuance of a warrant from a...
“As outlined in this report, African heritage and Indigenous people were subjected to overt racism and mob violence by their fellow citizens," said Providence Mayor Jorge...
"That's a sad issue to deal with and unfortunately it's not necessarily a state issue," said Speaker Shekarchi. "I would hope that Mayor Elorza and the...
In an inauspicious start to his administration, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee has included funding in his 2022 budget for a DOT plan that would disrupt...
"The Bertholdi Columbus statue was gifted to Providence in 1893 and has become the subject of a great amount of controversy as the actions and legacy...
The complaint calls upon RIPTA and RIDOT "to take action halting this deeply flawed RIDOT Multi-Hub plan and to commit to an open public process with...