This Week In The Rhode Island General Assembly Speaker Shekarchi, Senate President Ruggerio help launch RIght Start agenda Speaker of the House K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick), Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio (D-Dist. 4, North Providence, Providence) and other legislative leaders, advocates and families came together to launch the 2022 RIght Start Agenda, a package of legislation and state[Read More…]

Governor McKee Heralds The Creation Of An “Environmental Justice Committee” In addition, the Governor is directing the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) to create an environmental justice committee which will solely focus on the issues that have impacted the most vulnerable residents for decades. This comes as the Governor has charged the EC4 to expand its membership and meet[Read More…]

Today, Sue Cienki, Chairwoman of the R.I. Republican party, filed an open meetings complaint against the Reapportionment Commission for their flagrant disregard of the Open Meeting law. There is no doubt that the Reapportionment Commission failed to follow the law. The only question left is whether Attorney General Peter Neronha will actually enforce the law by holding the Commission accountable.[Read More…]

The Kennedy Plaza Resilience Coalition, formed by community stakeholders Conservation Law Foundation, Providence Preservation Society, Rhode Island Transit Riders, and SPNA: The South Providence Neighborhood Association, issued the following letter to Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee: Dear Governor McKee, Director Alviti, Mayor Elorza, and Scott Avedisian,  As changes are being proposed to the transit hub in Kennedy Plaza, we write[Read More…]