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From The Rhode Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union: Attorneys for the R.I. Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union of RI today announced an interim settlement in a lawsuit filed last month challenging the threatened evictions of tenants for associating with Reclaim RI, a non-profit agency that organizes tenants to vindicate their rights to[Read More…]
Fresh off the success of their recently opened 24 Hour “Warming & Cooling Center” in Pawtucket, Nick Horton, Co-Executive Director of OpenDoors brings word of a new facility designed to meet the exploding needs for shelter, as well as transitional housing in Rhode Island. Editorial Note: The Coalition would like to take a moment to congratulate the entire OpenDoors[Read More…]
From: The Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Political Action Committee (BLM RI PAC) The Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Political Action Committee (BLM RI PAC) is calling on Governor Dan Mckee to take a decisive step in addressing the underrepresentation within the Rhode Island District Court. With progress in diversifying district state courts moving at a sluggish pace, the appointment[Read More…]
From The Gerry Leonard Campaign: Today, retired U.S. Marine veteran and candidate for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District Gerry Leonard called upon members from both parties in the House to avoid a potential government shutdown and end the dysfunction that’s become business as usual in Washington. “This is simply not what our lawmakers were elected to do,” said Leonard.[Read More…]
From The Don Carlson Congressional Campaign: Rhody CD-1 Congressional Candidate Don Carlson Announces Campaign Manager Appointment Today, Don Carlson, a candidate in the race for Rhode Island’s First Congressional District announced Nick Marroletti as his Campaign Manager. “I’m delighted to announce that Nick Marroletti has joined our team this week as Campaign Manager. Nick comes to[Read More…]
Mayor Brett Smiley Announces Sheila Dormody as Chief of Policy and Resiliency Today, Mayor Brett Smiley announced Sheila Dormody as the Chief of Policy and Resiliency for the City of Providence. Dormody is joining the City of Providence with over 30 years of leadership in policy research, development, and advocacy and has been on the forefront of the state’s efforts to address[Read More…]
(Reporter Ford) Governor McKee: In the Company Biography Fortuitous Partners Principal Brett Johnson cites his involvement in a company called Greenwood Hall as a Company, in the present tense, is a leading education firm, when in fact, after losing millions in 2016, closed its doors in 2017. Brett & his brother Grant Johnson, then of predecessor firm Benevolent Partners, backed[Read More…]
Introduced by Rhode Island Republican House Minority Leader Mike Chippendale
Mayor Brett P. Smiley and Director of the Department of Art, Culture, Tourism (ACT) Joe Wilson Jr. today announced the return of PVDFest, Providence’s signature arts festival, happening September 8-10, 2023. PVDFest 2023 will bring the City together once again to celebrate Providence’s world-renowned artistic, cultural, and culinary communities. “PVDFest is the moment where we as a community celebrate[Read More…]
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour twenty-one bus routes in the downtown Providence area on Sunday, October 16, 2022, in order to accommodate the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Routes 1, 3, 4, 17, 19, 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 50, 55, 78, and 92 will be detoured from 8:15AM to 1:30PM. Routes 27,[Read More…]
He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[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 make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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