Higher taxes on millionaires and a $20 minimum wage: What else are RI progressives proposing?
A new tax on homes worth more than $1 million, like Taylor Swift's Westerly mansion, could generate up to $25 million for the ...
Will this be the year of an 'assault weapons' ban in RI? How the battle is beginning anew.
PROVIDENCE – The perennial battle over a proposed "assault weapons" ban began anew at the Rhode Island State House on Tuesday ...
Advocacy group says RI schools' transgender policy puts federal funding at risk
What are the complaints against the policy? "This is an issue of grave concern for ... thousands of parents ...
RI bill would create 'protected spaces' to prevent ICE sweeps. How it would work.
Legislation would bar ICE from "protected spaces" without a targeted warrant. A critic says the law could draw more attention ...
'It's killing them': This bill would lower Rhode Island Energy's profits. But is it legal?
The bill would cut in half the amount of allowable profit Rhode Island Energy can make off electricity and gas.
From IG to AI, here's what Rhode Island House Republicans want to pass this year
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island House Republicans are proposing more than 100 budget priorities in 2025, from creating an ...
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RI bill seeks to create defined ‘protected spaces’ for undocumented residents
Late last month, State Representative Karen Alzate (D-Pawtucket, Central Falls) introduced the Protected Spaces Act in the ...
School transportation legislative study panel seeks public input
A special legislative commission studying Rhode Island’s school bus system wants to hear what members of the public think ...
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RI Energy Head Says Legislators Are Using “Inaccurate Info” on Costs as Exec Pay Is Up
The President of Rhode Island Energy, Greg Cornett, has taken to social media to criticize some members of the Rhode Island ...
RI mulling changes to public busing for private school students
School officials fear the move would negatively affect their enrollment, while others say taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook ...
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Town Uses Eminent Domain To Stop Private Affordable Housing Project
In 2023, the Rhode Island Legislature passed amendments to that state law to allow developers to build up to 12 units per acre on water- and sewage-connected parcels if all the units are "low- and ...