Here's what happened last week at the Rhode Island State House, and also what's scheduled to come up in the week ahead:
"I think the rules of the road are really important for setting a baseline and a common understanding for how we are going to do things,"...
“This isn't a band-aid to deal with affordable housing or taxes. This is about jobs, housing and cleaning the environment,” said Renew Rhode Island co-chair Monica...
All the video from the first session of the House and the election of Speaker Joseph Shekarchi...
"Right now, if Joe Shekarchi is going to be the Speaker and Chris Blazejewski is going to be the Majority Leader, history predicts that Joe will...
"During his campaign, Brandon advocated for universal healthcare, a Green New Deal, publicly-financed elections, and extensive investment in affordable housing... By helping to elevate Shekarchi to...
"I understand that my friends in the RI Political Coop would have preferred me to abstain from this vote and outwardly oppose leadership as a symbolic...
We must have Liana Cassar lead us as Speaker of the House.
“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…“...
“Many of [our elected officials] call themselves Democrats because they have to, to win elections, but when they get into office, they actually govern a lot...