Politics

Rhode Island CD2 Congressional Candidate Lancia Weighs In On Title 42 Controversy

  From The Lancia For Congress Campaign: Retired Navy Chaplain and Republican Congressional Candidate, Robert “Bob” Lancia, has this to say about the ongoing discussions of Title 42 in Washington and across the nation: “The United States of America is a sovereign nation based on laws set in place by[Read More…]

by April 21, 2022

Allan Fung Just Raised Five Hundred Thousand Dollars: Does It Really Matter?

  April 15 Was The Federal Elections Commission Filing Deadline For Congressional Candidates In Rhode Island Congressional District 2:  The Coalition Network Begins A Week Long Look At The Candidates Fund Raising. We Start With Perennial Candidate Republican Allan Fung The campaign donation limit for this year, for Congressional Candidates?[Read More…]

by April 18, 2022

Matos Drops The Hammer On Lt Governor Race: Lists Endorsements From Across Rhody Political Landscape

Progressive Activists … Centrist Democrats … Organized Labor … Religious Leaders join an impressive list of endorsements in the first full day of the Sabina Matos Election Campaign. Making the size/scope of the list even more impactful, so early on in the campaign, is the crowded field of established Democrats[Read More…]

by April 15, 2022

Lt Governor Sabina Makes It Rhode Island Official! The Announcement

  At a packed Farm Fresh Rhode Island Hall, appointed Lt Governor Sabina Matos formally entered the race for Lt Governor. Flanked by “running mate” Governor Dan McKee, and a plethora of State/Local Government Leaders, Labor Union Representatives, and Community Activists, LG Matos spoke to her personal history, her work[Read More…]

by April 15, 2022

City of Providence and Laborers’ Local 1033 Reach Tentative Agreement For New Three-Year Contract

From The City of Providence (Developing) The City of Providence and its Laborers’ Union, Local 1033, have reached a tentative three-year agreement to begin July 1, 2022. Laborers’ Local 1033 represents public employees in city departments including City Hall, the Department of Public Works and the Parks Department, among others.[Read More…]

by April 8, 2022

Representative George Nardone Responds To Central Coventry Fire District Request for ARPA funds To Remain Solvent

From The Office Of Rhode Island State Representative George Nardone (Republican D28) In response to the Providence Journal’s April 1, 2022 Hummel Report, which indicated that the Central Coventry Fire District will need to cease operations by June without state assistance, Representative George Nardone offers the following statement: “In 2019,[Read More…]

by April 4, 2022

Providence Mayoral Candidate Nirva LaFortune Issues Statement & Video

Providence City Council Member Nirva LaFortune has waded into the broader phase of the 2022 Providence, Rhode Island Mayoral Campaign with gusto, issuing a video which evokes the broader themes of her candidacy. From The Nirva LaFortune Mayoral Campaign: Today, Team Nirva is releasing a new campaign video “Running: For[Read More…]

by March 17, 2022

Rhode Island Governor McKee Goes Electric! Sort Of? Announces Electric Vehicle Rebate Program To Significant Concerns

Governor Dan McKee  & “Energy Commissioner” Nicholas Ucci announced a rather flawed, poorly thought out, almost cartoonish trial balloon kind of Electric Vehicle Rebate Program today. Long on flash, (It’s got the requisite snappy gub’ment name DRIVEEV … Get it? Drive EV) but short on specifics, the announcement seemed more[Read More…]

by March 15, 2022

NEARY CALLS FOR RI BOARD OF ELECTIONS INVESTIGATION INTO 2014 MAGAZINER CAMPAIGN

From The Michael Neary Campaign: Neary For All announced today that Michael Neary, candidate for the Democratic nomination in Rhode Island’s Second District, submitted a letter to the Rhode Island Board of Elections yesterday requesting an investigation regarding Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner’s $800,000 personal loan to his 2014 campaign.  Neary also[Read More…]

by March 8, 2022

McKee: Health & Human Services Secretary Womazetta Jones “Leaving State Service”

From The Office of Governor Dan McKee: Today, Governor Dan McKee shared that Executive Office of Health & Human Services Secretary Womazetta Jones will be leaving state service. “Secretary Jones’ tenure leading the Executive Office of Health and Human Services has been defined not only by her experience and thoughtful[Read More…]

by March 7, 2022