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The RI Redistricting Commission hearing on prison gerrymandering

ACLU challenges Woonsocket polling place relocation affecting low-income and non-white voters
October 29, 2020

ACLU challenges Woonsocket polling place relocation affecting low-income and non-white voters

“It bears emphasis that Fairmount Heights has a high number of non-white and low income voters, so...
Third meeting of the LEOBoR task force talks officers and chiefs, but what about civilians?
December 13, 2020

Third meeting of the LEOBoR task force talks officers and chiefs, but what about civilians?

“There seems to be a conflict between civilian [constitutional] rights … and what LEOBoR does, and to...
Brown University accused of violating Title IX by cutting women’s athletics
June 29, 2020

Brown University accused of violating Title IX by cutting women’s athletics

More than twenty years after a precedent-setting court victory finding that Brown University violated federal Title IX...
Here’s all the written comments to the House Committee on Rules – still no one in favor of status quo
January 14, 2019

Here’s all the written comments to the House Committee on Rules – still no one in favor of status quo

Often overlooked during big committee meetings in the General Assembly where the public directly addresses their legislators...
House Committee on Rules holds a public meeting, but are they listening?
January 14, 2019

House Committee on Rules holds a public meeting, but are they listening?

On Tuesday afternoon the House Committee on Rules heard from the public on H5037 a bill that...
Rhode Island considers legislation to combat the loss of net neutrality
October 31, 2019

Rhode Island considers legislation to combat the loss of net neutrality

Senator Louis DiPalma (Democrat, District 12, Little Compton, Middletown) and Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence)...
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