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Constitutional conventions: A relic of old or a chance for reform?...
Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the state constitution?
The state’s House of Representatives Monday unanimously approved two resolutions sponsored by Judiciary...
E.P. House candidate, Central Falls firefighters PAC fined for state campaign...
A former candidate for state representative and the political action committee for the Central Falls firefighters union have agreed to pay fines for violating...
Democrat Gabe Amo becomes R.I’s first Black candidate elected to Congress
Democrat Gabe Amo defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District seat Tuesday, becoming the state's first Black candidate elected to...
Are you more hopeful or less about the near-term future after...
After months of political candidates fighting it out in debates, through television ads and incessant text messages, the 2022 elections are all but over,...
Democrat Seth Magaziner wins 2nd Congressional seat
PROVIDENCE (AP) – State Treasurer Seth Magaziner has won the congressional seat in Rhode Island being vacated by longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, keeping...
Liberal R.I. could send Republican to U.S. House
PROVIDENCE (AP) – In liberal Rhode Island, Republican Allan Fung stands a chance of flipping a U.S. House seat and possibly helping his party...
Biden: Tentative railway labor deal reached, averting strike
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could have been...
Sen. Whitehouse tests positive for COVID-19
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse tweeted Thursday morning that he has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing “mild symptoms.”
The Rhode Island Democrat, who...
Raimondo, GA leaders must stop sniping, find common ground
The fractured working relationship between Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and legislative leaders from her own party in the Democrat-controlled General Assembly is again on...
Chafee decides against U.S. Senate run
PROVIDENCE – Thirty-five days after he declared a probable run in the 2018 Rhode Island Senate race, former Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced he...