Democrats open a new kind of convention
ATLANTA (AP) — The Democratic Party will convene, sort of, amid a pandemic that has upended the usual pomp-and-circumstance of presidential nominating conventions.
Democratic National...
High court nixes GOP move for ballot witness in Rhode Island
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place an agreement that allows Rhode Island residents to vote by mail in two...
Voters will have second chance to remove “Plantations” from state name
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island voters will be next to decide on whether to remove "and Providence Plantations" from the state's official name after legislation...
Gorbea extends voter-registration deadlines before June 2 primary
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island residents will have more time to register to vote or disaffiliate from a political party before the state’s June 2...
Raimondo greenlights postponing R.I. primary
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced in a tweet on Monday that she will sign an executive order postponing the state’s presidential primary...
Speaker Mattiello to face challenge from Fenton-Fung
CRANSTON (AP) – Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung, a Republican activist and wife of a two-time GOP candidate for governor of Rhode Island, filed paperwork Monday...
Are you engaged in the 2020 presidential primaries and caucuses?
The Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire presidential primaries are in the books. Up next is Nevada’s Democratic caucus on Feb. 22.
Massachusetts primaries are on...
Predictions that Rhode Island will lose a House seat less certain
PROVIDENCE – The 2020 Census looms large for Rhode Island, with experts long predicting it to result in the state losing one of its...
WJAR: Fall River’s Correia recalled, re-elected
FALL RIVER – Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II was both recalled and re-elected Tuesday, according to WJAR-TV NBC 10.
Despite 62 percent of votes recalling...
Matos elected president of Providence City Council
PROVIDENCE - Councilwoman Sabina Matos was voted Providence City Council president Monday. The council said that Matos is the first Latina to hold the...
