The way the Rhode Island General Assembly prioritizes bills under consideration is systemically racist and a product...

“Together, we have made great progress: we finally passed a $15 minimum wage and groundbreaking climate legislation....

“In order to begin to repair the harm of this failed war on cannabis,” said Cherie Cruz,...

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It should surprise no one that legislators who have had to run against challengers are more responsive...

“… it’s certainly an instance where we were cognizant of where people were and it’s a question...

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

This process matters. For a bill to become law, it must pass both chambers. So we decided...

“I have a big love for public education. In the ideal it could bring different parts of...

“As someone who wasn’t always politically inclined, the idea of a lobbyist never made sense to me....

“Everything that I do in my life, every single day, is infused by anti-discrimination and pro-equity inequality...

“I think what’s key is that you need actual lived experience with the challenges that so many...

“I’m the substantial person in this race. People who want to vote for dreamlike stuff, I was...

“If we choose to legalize cannabis in RI without full restorative justice for the thousands of black...

The Speaker makes the ultimate decisions on whether or not legislation moves out of committee and to...