House bill H5032 "would require that all meetings closed to the public be recorded by audio tape or other audio recording device."
“I just want to be clear that nobody’s trying to shut out the public from this committee,” said Councilmember Narducci. [Of course, that’s exactly what he...
“Even if there’s no apparent wrongdoing of any sort, it just looks bad. And that makes people suspicious. It makes me suspicious of what’s going on…“...
“Go ahead and report me,” said Hemond, sipping from his bottled water. “I want to start by discussing some of the concerns I have with the...
Public participation is a feature, not a bug of our Democracy The Rhode Island Department of Education‘s Council on Elementary and Secondary Education held a virtual...
“This is a moment of reckoning, nationally, with policing issues and how they intersect with racism. To acknowledge that openly is not, in my view, to...
But lost in the discussion is the Providence City Council’s rush to pass a budget that doesn’t take into account voices in the community that seek...
“The solicitor was not unsure about anything. Quite the contrary, he was absolutely sure, as, apparently unlike you, he can read the English language.“ Someone sent...
The Attorney General’s office wasn’t “thinking that the political situation in some cities and towns is such that a city solicitor might make decisions based on...
“…the public’s right to oversee the work of its government officials and municipal bodies remains more critical than ever.” The ACLU of RI sent a letter...