“We need broad, sweeping plans to help our neighbors survive this event. Instead, the House Speaker and Senate President are on Spring Break...” Lenny Cioe, a...
“Now is the time to act. Act with compassion. Act with courage. Act with a sense of duty to the people and love for our neighbors…“...
“Now is not the time to eliminate legislative participation. Rather, Rhode Island will benefit with the inclusion of more voices and ideas as we navigate these...
“Rhode Islanders don’t know how they are going to keep putting food on the table, yet our elected officials are nowhere to be found.” Democratic candidate...
Senate President Dominick Ruggerio expressed some reservations, calling the DEFB meeting “an imperfect way” to secure the needed line of credit. The Disaster Emergency Funding Board...
Is the decision to convene the Disaster Emergency Funding Board instead of opening the entire General Assembly online a calculated, political move? The section of state...
“People are dying. The economy is in freefall. If there ever was a moment when legislative leadership was needed, it is now…“ The COVID-19 crisis has...
“Overall, this… reflects a House that, despite its overall makeup, is held captive by a single anti-environment legislator,” writes RI Rank. It should come as no...
State and city elected officials answered questions were about education, climate change, Port of Providence, taxes, guns and more… The West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA) held...
State elected legislative leaders answered questions about marijuana, the estate tax, the FY 2021 Budget, affordable housing, education, plastic bag bans, state preemption, corporate welfare, the...