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Open Meetings Act
Smithfield School Committee considering policy to out LGBTQ students to parents
February 18, 2023
Steve Ahlquist: OER working to keep the public out of the decision making process
Though not technically a violation of the Open Meetings Act, OER, say some stakeholders, has a history...
November 29, 2022
ProvPort lease renewal appears to be fast tracked to avoid negative public input
After this public hearing, the bill can be voted out of committee, sent to the entire City...
October 27, 2022
Uprise RI files Open Meetings complaint against PVD City Council Finance Committee
Uprise RI today contacted the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office alleging that the Providence City Council Finance...
August 20, 2022
Secretary of State candidate Stephanie Beauté seeks to bring innovation and forward thinking to the office
“We want someone who is young. We want new, fresh ideas. We’re always hearing about that. And...
January 11, 2022
Providence commits to redistricting transparency in rebuff of state’s back room deals
“The idea of eliminating, or at least avoiding one-on-one meetings with current elected officials or potential elected...
January 10, 2022
What you need to know about the Open Meetings Act during Covid
McKee’s new order allows public meetings by governmental bodies “to be held virtually for any purpose and...
December 6, 2021
Disappointment at the General Assembly: RI Rank Open Government Rankings Published
RI Rank’s annual study of where our legislators land on issues of open government – the important...
January 19, 2021
Derailed by the pandemic, a bill to improve the Open Meetings Act is re-introduced
House bill H5032 “would require that all meetings closed to the public be recorded by audio tape...
December 29, 2021
Democracy dies at PVD City Council committee meeting
“I just want to be clear that nobody’s trying to shut out the public from this committee,”...
August 12, 2020
Marshall Development and Keep Metacomet Green battle during East Providence City Council meeting
“Even if there’s no apparent wrongdoing of any sort, it just looks bad. And that makes people...
July 31, 2020
Providence School Board President Nicholas Hemond annoyed by public comments
“Go ahead and report me,” said Hemond, sipping from his bottled water. “I want to start by...
July 22, 2020
RIDE quashes public participation during Zoom meeting
Public participation is a feature, not a bug of our Democracy The Rhode Island Department of Education‘s...
June 25, 2020
Pawtucket City Council approves police budget over community objections
“This is a moment of reckoning, nationally, with policing issues and how they intersect with racism. To...
June 11, 2020
Providence City Council Finance Committee meeting besieged by racist trolls
But lost in the discussion is the Providence City Council’s rush to pass a budget that doesn’t...
April 20, 2020
Woonsocket City Councilor James Cournoyer responds to Kithes interview
“The solicitor was not unsure about anything. Quite the contrary, he was absolutely sure, as, apparently unlike...
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