Andrew Schiff: How will children grade us?
May 20, 2022

Andrew Schiff: How will children grade us?

One in four households with children in Rhode Island are food insecure, meaning they struggle to afford...

Unfilled staff vacancies, ongoing mismanagement causing severe problems at DHS
February 3, 2022

Unfilled staff vacancies, ongoing mismanagement causing severe problems at DHS

Speaking in Spanish, Lopes told reporters that she suffers from cancer, and has been unable to get...

DHS offices throughout the state have been closed for 22 months…
January 5, 2022

DHS offices throughout the state have been closed for 22 months…

“The lack of assistance is a barrier that is preventing some Rhode Islanders from getting and keeping...

Report: Essential workers in Rhode Island struggle to make ends meet, says EPI
December 16, 2020

Report: Essential workers in Rhode Island struggle to make ends meet, says EPI

“This year we wanted to show the realities that COVID has brought to light – that many...

Latest poverty data highlight barriers to economic security for RIers, especially communities of color
September 18, 2020

Latest poverty data highlight barriers to economic security for RIers, especially communities of color

“Economic inequity is largely the result of historic and ongoing structural and institutional racism such as lack...

Low-income Rhode Island families and seniors are missing over 11 million meals annually says Food Bank
January 19, 2020

Low-income Rhode Island families and seniors are missing over 11 million meals annually says Food Bank

“Right now, 148,000 Rhode Islanders are enrolled in SNAP. One proposal by the Trump Administration, aimed primarily,...

Moira Hinderer: Pass S0789/H5707 and protect Rhode Island families
October 31, 2019

Moira Hinderer: Pass S0789/H5707 and protect Rhode Island families

I gave birth to my daughter June under tough circumstances. She was born at 29 weeks, weighing...

Parents and advocates urge House Speaker to pass H5707 to modernize outdated parentage laws
October 31, 2019

Parents and advocates urge House Speaker to pass H5707 to modernize outdated parentage laws

Rhode Island urgently needs to update our parentage laws which haven’t changed since the 1970’s. The Senate...

DARE bill to establish fair occupational licenses stalls in the House
October 31, 2019

DARE bill to establish fair occupational licenses stalls in the House

“It’s not right that people have served their time and still can’t make a living and support...

ACLU: blogger subjected to court “gag order” after he posted a blog about Hopkinton resident
October 31, 2019

ACLU: blogger subjected to court “gag order” after he posted a blog about Hopkinton resident

In a case raising important First Amendment issues for the Internet age, the ACLU of Rhode Island...

Herb Weiss: Religious groups urge House to combat antisemitism and racism
October 31, 2019

Herb Weiss: Religious groups urge House to combat antisemitism and racism

For the second year in a row, the Rhode Island General Assembly’s Senate Judiciary Committee heard a...

Senate Judiciary Committee passes resolution denouncing and opposing white nationalism and neo-Nazism
October 31, 2019

Senate Judiciary Committee passes resolution denouncing and opposing white nationalism and neo-Nazism

An amended version of a Senate Resolution denouncing and opposing white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups passed the...

Nesselbush introduces Senate resolution denouncing white nationalism and neo-Nazi groups in Rhode Island
October 31, 2019

Nesselbush introduces Senate resolution denouncing white nationalism and neo-Nazi groups in Rhode Island

Rhode Island State Senator Donna Nesselbush (Democrat, District 15, Pawtucket) has introduced a resolution (S0829) that denounces...

Rhode Island House considers creating a study commission to examine laws on sex work
October 31, 2019

Rhode Island House considers creating a study commission to examine laws on sex work

The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony Tuesday evening from 18 people in favor of creating a special...

House Judiciary hears testimony on occupational licenses for the formerly incarcerated
October 31, 2019

House Judiciary hears testimony on occupational licenses for the formerly incarcerated

The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Tuesday on H5683, a bill that would prevent justice-involved Rhode...

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