In Preparation for Travel Ban, RIPTA to Suspend All Service, Including RIde Paratransit Service, Beginning Tomorrow, Saturday, January 29, 2022
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Peter Principle Alive & Well In Rhode Island: McDonald In As Interim Director As McKee Announces Health Dept Transition Team
“Dr. McDonald will assume the day-to-day responsibilities of RIDOH Director while the search for a permanent candidate continues.” In a move that can only be seen as a nightmare scenario for regular Rhode Islanders, Dr. James McDonald has been appointed as a sort of interim Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, in the wake of the “resignation” of[Read More…]
RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN CASE CHALLENGING RI’S REPRODUCTIVE PRIVACY ACT
From The Rhode Island ACLU: WHAT: The R.I. Supreme Court is hearing oral argument tomorrow, Thursday, January 27, in a case challenging the state’s Reproductive Privacy Act, the 2019 statute that codified the principles of Roe v.Wade into state law. The law was promoted for years by pro-choice advocacy groups as a necessary safeguard against the now-confirmed fear that[Read More…]
Governor McKee to Propose More Than $150 Million To Combat Climate Change in FY2023 Budget
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…]
RIGOP TO NERONHA: HOLD THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION ACCOUNTABLE
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…]
A STATEMENT FROM THE KENNEDY PLAZA RESILIENCY COALITION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS
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…]
Human Rights Watch World Report 2022: The Future for Autocrats is Darker Than It Seems
But Democratic Leaders Need to Do Better to Meet Global Challenges Autocratic leaders faced significant backlash in 2021, but democracy will flourish in the contest with autocracy only if democratic leaders do a better job of addressing global problems, Kenneth Roth, executive director at Human Rights Watch, said today in releasing the Human Rights Watch World Report 2022. From Cuba to Hong[Read More…]
Updates From Human Rights Watch! 01/15/22 Syria: Conviction For State Torture In Syria
From Human Rights Watch: Germany: Conviction for State Torture in Syria Former Syrian Intelligence Officer Found Guilty The conviction of a former Syrian intelligence officer for crimes against humanity by a German court is a ground-breaking step toward justice for serious crimes in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. The judgment is a meaningful moment for civilians who survived torture[Read More…]
Did The RI Redistricting Co Chair Sen Stephen Archambault Just Gerrymander His New Home Into His Current District?
Map Version D of House Senate Districts See that tiny, oh so little incursion of Rhode Island Senate District 22 into Lincoln Rhode Island? The approved version (Version D) of the 2020 US Census driven Rhode Island Redistricting moves a slice of Senate District 17, represented by Senator Thomas Paolino, (which represents most of Lincoln and most of North[Read More…]
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