Recovery, medical, and public health advocates started the Substance Abuse and Overdose Prevention Political Action Committee (SAOP PAC). The PAC focuses on public health and criminal justice reform issues as …
I spent some time this morning thinking about the intersection of lobbying, lawyering and being an elected official. These questions arose while I was looking into the lobbying record of …
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza is still trying to “monetize” the Providence Water Supply, including Scituate Reservoir. At issue is Senate bill S2838 and House bill H8123 which would “authorize any …
The Home Energy Rate Affordability Act (H7900 / S2336), sponsored by Rhode Island State Representative Scott Slater (Democrat, District 10, Providence) and State Senator Elizabeth Crowley (Democrat, District 16, Central Falls, …
Thirty-two State Representatives and two State Senators committed to advocating for the 2018 Fair Shot Agenda, a set of four legislative initiatives intended to address the growing gap between the …
The 2017 legislative session was, in many ways, a reaction to nationwide events, including protests held by Black Lives Matter and other civil rights groups and, of course, the 2016 …
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