Glocester Municipal Sign Ordinance Ordinance 350-27 A. & C. Cited By Glocester Municipal Zoning Official/Building Inspector Ken Johnson Sign Gate! The Glocester RI Edition! Originally set up as a political sign, the sign ignores multiple town ordinances, at a particularly unsafe stretch of roadway. Irony? Town Council Members installed[Read More…]
Controversy abounds in Glocester, RI over questions about the legality of an electronic campaign sign placed on Rt. 44, which has seen multiple serious car accidents over the last few weeks, including one tragic fatality. The concern was first raised by Laurie Gaddis Barrett on the town Facebook group,[Read More…]
Editorial Note: When the principal City Council opponent, Councilman Clovis Gregor, announces publicly that he was not party to, or consulted in any “compromise”, one should question the veracity of the Mayor’s Statement. From The Office Of Mayor Don Grebien: On October 19, 2022, the Pawtucket City Council approved a[Read More…]
Senator Jessica De La Cruz, amplifying the new, assertive tone of the Senate Republican Caucus that has emerged since her election as Senator Minority Leader earlier this year, is again, in conjunction with the Senate Republican Caucus, demanding accountability, in this case, regarding the “Missing” RICAS Scores from The Rhode[Read More…]
Focusing on “State Wide Elections” the RICAGV met with reporters on October 11, at the Non Violence Institute in Providence, Rhode Island, to announce, and hear from, their endorsees … including Governor Dan McKee, Lt Governor Sabina Matos, Former Central Falls Mayor, and General Treasurer Endorsee James Diossa, Secretary of[Read More…]
Every race for a general officer position in Rhode Island will have some kind of debate this year—except one: the race for Attorney General. Some debates will be more robust than others, but at least the nominees will have the chance to challenge and respond to their opponents[Read More…]
Embattled Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt survives another day. An appeal to The Rhode Island Supreme Court (We await the RI Supreme Court written decision) postponed a formal City Council meeting to hear charges, and hold a subsequent vote for her removal. The charges levied by the Woonsocket City Council[Read More…]
A hearing will take place at The Rhode Island Public Utility Commission this Friday. While in person attendance is encouraged, there is a zoom link listed in the formal notice below. Please watch the video below, from a Rally held last week at The George Wiley Center, for perspective, and[Read More…]
Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics Rhode Island (COYOTE RI) filed an Amicus brief with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today, supporting the Appellants who argue that the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) violates the First Amendment. The case, Woodhull Freedom Foundation v. United States,[Read More…]
Today, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza called for the state Board of Elections to remove the ExpressVote ballot marking device from polling places for the September 13th statewide primary. Common Cause Rhode Island and the ACLU of Rhode Island call on him to retract his comments. Removing the ExpressVote would[Read More…]
Woonsocket Representative Brien Files Open Meetings Act Complaint Against “Surprise Meeting” by Rhode Island Department of Ed …. RISE Academy Chaos Continues 
Candidate Alert! Jenn Caputi-GOP Candidate Rhode Island State Senate District 26 (Cranston) Endorsements 
Rhode Island Department of Health Public Health Advisory – Woonsocket Sees Increased Drug Overdose Rate at Twice the Statewide Average 
Did Mayor-Elect, Then Mayor & RISE Chairman Beauchamp, Spike Notice of the Hearing to Avoid Pre-Election Controversy? Woonsocket School Committee Given Just Days to Prepare for Hearing Coincidentally? RIDE Hearing Conflicted with Months Ago Prior Noticed School Committee Meeting Today, November 21, District 49 State Representative/Long Time Woonsocket[Read More…]
City also to receive new $2.3M federal grant to continue prevention efforts From the Office of Providence Mayor Brett Smiley As part of National Recovery Month, Mayor Brett P. Smiley, Chief of Policy and Resiliency Sheila Dormody and Providence Director of Housing and Human Services Emily[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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