A packed crowd, under a tent, met Governor McKee, RIDOT Director Peter Alvitti, Senators Whitehouse & Reed, as well as activist legislators Sen Jessica de la Cruz & Representative Brian Newberry, to mark the groundbreaking for the repair? renewal? of State Highway 146. Arguably the worst highway in Rhode Island,[Read More…]
Flash! From The Parents Union: Under threat of litigation, the Rhode Island Department of Education has stipulated the following: The Mask Mandate inflicted upon the children of Providence Schools is dropped immediately. The Providence School Committee has been “encouraged” to conduct expedited hearings, including Public Comment In Open Forum,[Read More…]
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that ParkConneCT, a pilot program launched last year that offers fare-free shuttles and enhanced existing transit service to various Connecticut state parks and beaches, will continue during the summer of 2022, launching on Memorial Day weekend (Saturday, May 28, 2022) and lasting through Labor Day[Read More…]
The scene? An October 2021 Barrington School Committee administrative hearing on the Barrington 3 … Teachers fired for simply demanding to maintain their body autonomy and continued respect for their religious freedoms … Watch as Attorney Gregory Piccirilli fends off a hostile Union Attorney, points out court precedent from a[Read More…]
Richard Southwell is a member of the Parents Union, and the lead plaintiff in Southwell v. McKee, a lawsuit brought against the State of Rhode Island for their execution of a Student Mask Mandate. Mr. Southwell contributes to The Coalition Radio Network on both Covid related issues, as well as[Read More…]
A Rhode Island Superior Court found today in favor today, of the Barrington 3, Barrington School Department Teachers fired for their refusal to comply with a local, Barrington only vaccination mandate. More to come! justice.” Check Out Our Tee Shirt Fundraiser For Doctors Without Borders In The[Read More…]
Truck Tolls Are Back. And while some will point out accurately that they have been inflicted on Rhode Island Consumers for years, (yes, consumers actually pay truck tolls in the form of increased prices for consumer goods, levied by the distribution companies who actually drove through the toll gantry) a[Read More…]
A sunny Friday afternoon at the downtown Providence Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge, usually the province of newly married couples, was punctuated by the sounds of “speechifying politicians” as Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza signed into law the budget documents integrating American Rescue Plan Funds into the Providence City Budget.[Read More…]
Yesterday marked 30 days from June 18, 2022, when the Poor People’s Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival, will be holding its Mass Poor People and Low Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. Following in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King,[Read More…]
John Marion of Common Cause gloated … The Rhode Island Republican Party cried foul. In other words, it was a typical week in Lil Rhody, as the Democratic Party, and their supporting cast (Common Cause) reveled in their dirty tricks, ’cause, well, if you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying hard[Read More…]
Boardroom Videos & Termination Letter: The Sad Final Day of RIPTA CEO Scott Avedisian’s Tenure 
Human Rights Watch & The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Sudan-One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach (Video-UNHCR: 1 Year Since War Has Broken Out) 
Rhode Island Democratic Socialists Celebrate Formal Designation of Rhody Democratic Convention Delegate As “Uncommitted” 
Breaking! Smiley Administration: City of Providence, Providence Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 Reach Tentative Five-Year Agreement 
Flash: Aniece Germain Resigns from Cranston City Council Effective Immediately 
Board Members of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority met today to formally accept the resignation of RIPTA CEO, former Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian. Citing contractural issues, the Board agreed to honor a 90 day severance clause. Me. Avedisian had not participated in the RIPTA health plan, and was[Read More…]
On March 26, members of RIBLIA: The Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus met in the Rhode Island Senate “Lounge”, to announce priorities surrounding the “reformation” of the Law Enforcements Officers’ Bill of Rights (LEOBOR) and set forth an Agenda for the[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should[Read More…]
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