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FLUSH WITH CASH: State lawmakers have access to more money than they have things to spend it on at the start of 2022, including about $1 billion in new federal pandemic aid. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

Look past election year for big ideas on pandemic aid

Coronavirus 01/07/2022

While the health and financial threats posed by an ongoing pandemic remain ever-present in the Ocean State, the General Assembly begins 2022 in the...

JOHN MARION, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, says the state's legislative redistricting process is flawed and open to abuse and needs to be changed. Pictured is the R.I. Statehouse. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

Does public need more input in R.I.’s redistricting process?

Elections 12/17/2021

The process that shifts the political landscape every 10 years with the redrawing of legislative district boundaries should include inviting more public input through...

SUPPORT GROUP: Cranston Democrat Sen. Joshua Miller, left, and Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey, right, introduced legislation last spring to legalize recreational marijuana, with the backing of Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, center. It passed the Senate but died in the House. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PLANTING THE SEED: Stakes are high as R.I. officials lay groundwork...

Cover Story 11/12/2021

It’s really no longer a matter of “if” recreational use of marijuana will be legalized in Rhode Island. Now it’s more a question of...

TIME TO ACT: Gov. Daniel J. McKee has not been able to convince General Assembly leaders to commit to a vote this year on his request to spend some American Rescue Plan Act funding now. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

State leaders must get on same page on ARPA spending

Coronavirus 10/29/2021

Rhode Island officials have not gotten off to a good start in engendering confidence that they can be counted on to make the best...

Tourism desperate to get ARPA aid

Government 10/15/2021

A proposed $13 million investment in Rhode Island’s travel, tourism and events sectors would come as a well-timed boost, according to tourism leaders, but...

McKee signs safe-injection-site bill, other health care initiatives

Government 09/24/2021

PROVIDENCE - A first-of-its-kind program that would offer safe, supervised places to use illegal substances to offer safe injection sites was among a series...

Do you agree with Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s plan to spend...

Coronavirus 09/24/2021

After months of resisting calls to begin spending some of an estimated $1.1 billion in new federal pandemic aid, Gov. Daniel J. McKee recently...

Should the General Assembly return in the fall to consider unfinished...

Government 09/10/2021

When state lawmakers ended this year's General Assembly session earlier this summer, legislative leaders acknowledged they might have to return before the end of...

5Q: John Simmons President, Rhode Island Business Coalition / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: John Simmons

5Q 09/03/2021

John Simmons | President, Rhode Island Business Coalition 1. What is the Rhode Island Business Coalition and what is its purpose? The Rhode Island Business...