Laufton Ascencao, a Democrat recently elected to serve as a Rhode Island State Representative for District 68 in Bristol, announced today that he will be turning down the office, leaving the seat vacant pending a …
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 legislator has expressed at least …
The Portsmouth Democratic Town Committee, at their monthly meeting on November 1, 2018, unanimously passed a resolution calling on all state representatives — including the four who represent Portsmouth — to oppose current House speaker …
The Young Democrats of Rhode Island stand with the many groups including Corruption-Free Rhode Island, Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence, Rhode Island National Organization for Women, and Rhode Island Latino Political Action Committee that …
Hundreds of people, representing a multitude of faith traditions or no faith at all, gathered together in solidarity outside the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island to mourn the loss of life to hate and …
Two of Rhode Island’s leading advocacy organizations, the Rhode Island National Organization for Women and the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV), are working together this election cycle to defeat House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello. …
The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) opposes gubernatorial candidate Allan Fung’s plan to “place a School Resource Officer or police detail at every school” in Rhode Island and “split the cost with each …
“It is very clear what the Democratic Party stands for in Rhode Island, and we now have a document that – doesn’t matter what part of the Party you’re from – you can get behind …
Rhode Island State Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence) held a press conference outside the State House Friday morning with a group of people she called, “[g]rassroots Democrats who have been in the trenches …
The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) Youth Committee held a youth power rally to address the administrative response of schools who prevented students from participating in the state-wide school walkouts in March. Many …
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