Though not technically a violation of the Open Meetings Act, OER, say some stakeholders, has a history...

After this public hearing, the bill can be voted out of committee, sent to the entire City...

Uprise RI today contacted the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office alleging that the Providence City Council Finance...

“We want someone who is young. We want new, fresh ideas. We’re always hearing about that. And...

“The idea of eliminating, or at least avoiding one-on-one meetings with current elected officials or potential elected...

McKee’s new order allows public meetings by governmental bodies “to be held virtually for any purpose and...

RI Rank’s annual study of where our legislators land on issues of open government – the important...

House bill H5032 “would require that all meetings closed to the public be recorded by audio tape...

“I just want to be clear that nobody’s trying to shut out the public from this committee,”...

“Even if there’s no apparent wrongdoing of any sort, it just looks bad. And that makes people...

“Go ahead and report me,” said Hemond, sipping from his bottled water. “I want to start by...

Public participation is a feature, not a bug of our Democracy The Rhode Island Department of Education‘s...

“This is a moment of reckoning, nationally, with policing issues and how they intersect with racism. To...

But lost in the discussion is the Providence City Council’s rush to pass a budget that doesn’t...

“The solicitor was not unsure about anything. Quite the contrary, he was absolutely sure, as, apparently unlike...