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Providence Mayor Elorza Signs Multi Million Dollar ARPA Budget Plus! City Council Head Honcho Igliozzi On Superman & Fane Developments!

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…]

by May 21, 2022

Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign Announces Participation In Mass Poor People and Low Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls.

  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…]

by May 20, 2022

John Marion of Common Cause Gloats As RIGOP National Committeeman Frias Reacts To Census “Overcounting” Double Counting In Lil Rhody!

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…]

by May 19, 2022

BLM RI PAC Issues Statement on the Rhode Island Cannabis Act

BLM RI PAC Statement on the Rhode Island Cannabis Act The proposed Rhode Island Cannabis Act (SB #2430 and HB #7593) is an important step toward cannabis legalization, and we are happy to see that the immediate expungement of cannabis-related charges has been included, as well as the prioritization of[Read More…]

by May 18, 2022

BLM RI PAC Statement On Buffalo Massacre

BLM RI PAC Statement on Buffalo Massacre On the afternoon of May 14, 2022, 18-year-old white supremacist Payton Gendron carried out a racially motivated attack at Tops Market in Buffalo, New York, killing ten people and injuring three others. Of the victims, eleven of them were Black. The suspect detailed[Read More…]

by May 18, 2022

Reactions On Shock WPRI Democratic Gubernatorial Poll: McKee & Gorbea At Statistical Tie Among “Decided” Primary Voters

  With the release of a WPRI Channel 12/Roger Williams University Poll indicating a virtual tie among “Decided” Democratic Primary Voters … just a two point differential between Governor McKee & Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea … reactions from across the political spectrum have begun to roll in.    [Read More…]

by May 17, 2022

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Expands Eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose to Children 5 through 11 Years

  From The US Federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA.Gov) Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, authorizing the use of a single booster dose for administration to individuals 5 through 11 years of age at least five months[Read More…]

by May 17, 2022

Connecticut Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Limiting the Use of Isolated Confinement

  Connecticut Governor signs into law codifying prior year Executive Order. Increasingly, the “Torture State” of Rhode Island is becoming an outlier on fundamental human rights. In a “quick response” from StopTortureRI.com, activists noted that the legislation will have the immediate impact: 1) Creates a Correctional Advisory Committee (and specifies[Read More…]

by May 11, 2022

Rhode Island Legislation Creating “Ombudsman” With Special Education Oversight Powers To Be Heard In House Finance Tomorrow Night! (May 10) (Legislation/Videos Included)

House Bill 7536, which will create/enable an Office of the Ombudsman, with full oversight over the Rhode Island Department of Education’s (RIDE)  implementation of IEP’s (Individualized Education Program), is being heard tomorrow night by the all powerful Rhode Island House Finance Committee. (May 10 At The Rise of The House[Read More…]

by May 9, 2022

RI Transit Riders Opposes the Proposed Moratorium On The Payment Of The Fuel Tax As Currently Written

  Statement From RI Transit Riders   RI Transit Riders opposes H7983 and H8006, which impose a moratorium on the payment of the fuel tax until December 31, 2022, and June 30, 2023, respectively.  As written, it would cripple RI transit service since the RI Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) depends on gas tax[Read More…]

by May 6, 2022