State Government
RI House passes Rules with reforms: All the video
The Rhode Island House of Representatives debated the rules by which the chamber will be governed for the next two years for nearly three hours Wednesday evening, in the end …
Kathleen Fogarty
Reproductive Rights
Senator Goldin and Representative Ajello file Reproductive Health Care Act
From a press release: With the backing of more cosponsors than ever before, Representative Edith Ajello and Senator Gayle Goldin are introducing legislation to enshrine the reproductive health care rights …
State Government
House Committee on Rules holds a public meeting, but are they listening?
On Tuesday afternoon the House Committee on Rules heard from the public on H5037 a bill that would amend the House rules slightly, by adding a very incomplete and maybe …
State Government
Reform Caucus makes its recommendations for House rules
The Reform Caucus, made up of the Democrats who opposed Representative Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) as Speaker of the House yesterday, today unveiled their recommendations for changing the …
Elections 2018
The 21 Democrats opposing Speaker Mattiello have a name: The Reform Caucus
Twenty-one members of the Democrats in the Rhode Island House of Representatives are standing strong against the leadership of Representative Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) for Speaker. The Reform …
Women
Legislators supporting Speaker Mattiello do so at their peril
Supporting Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) may be politically costly to some legislators. Many Rhode Islanders are expressing the opinion that support for the Speaker means that a …
State Government
Speaker Mattiello and Democracy vs Despotism at Chapel Grille
Over 50 people, representing themselves and more than a dozen different advocacy groups, gathered outside Chapel Grille in Cranston Thursday night armed with signs, chants and songs and demanding new …
Elections 2018
Planned Parenthood Votes! RI PAC: Primary races provide victories for reproductive freedom
On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island PAC (PPV!RI PAC) celebrated the victories of 15 reproductive health champions in the Democratic primaries along with the re-nomination of …
SEIU
More on Groden Center strike
Educators at the Groden Center schools in Providence and Coventry engaged in a one-day strike on Friday to demand safer classrooms for their students and living wages for staff, and …
Environment
Sunrise Movement once again asks Governor Raimondo to refuse fossil fuel campaign funds
Student activists from the Sunrise Movement delivered a message and a petition to Governor Gina Raimondo at the Rhode Island State House Friday afternoon. Sunrise Rhode Island is asking the …