Tag: General Assembly
McKee: Now is the time to act on energy affordability
As governor, my No. 1 priority is affordability, and the issue I hear about most when traveling across Rhode Island is the rising cost...
Cannabis panel appeals ruling halting license rollout after closed door meeting
The two-person R.I. Cannabis Control Commission and staff met behind closed doors for around an hour Tuesday morning to discuss last week’s federal court...
McKee calls for Hope Scholarship at RIC to be made permanent
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday highlighted a proposal in his fiscal year 2027 budget that would make the Hope Scholarship at...
Retail cannabis applicants vent after ruling stalls an already ‘slow as...
On the edge of Providence’s Federal Hill and West End neighborhoods is a former industrial building still filled with old machinery and abandoned pallets.
It’s...
As Smithfield moves to ban data centers, lawmakers debate how to...
There’s no concrete proposal yet for a data center in Smithfield.
But there is a ghost town.
A 2010 inventory of Smithfield’s historic sites described a settlement known...
Should Rhode Island raise the minimum wage beyond next January’s already...
In 2018, Rhode Island’s minimum wage was $10.10. It’s increased eight times since then, to $16 an hour.
In January, it will rise again to...
Advanced Placement participation surges across R.I. high schools
At Narragansett High School, students as young as freshmen are stepping into college-level classrooms, tackling Advanced Placement courses that just a decade ago few...
Rhode Island rises to occasion for hospitals deal
There are few things more fundamental to the health of our state, our communities and our residents than having a network of quality, accessible...
Clock starts to fill vacancy on R.I. Supreme Court. Will the...
The search is officially on for a new associate justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Gov. Daniel J. McKee on April 3 sent the...
Legislation introduced that would give residents ‘right to repair’
PROVIDENCE – Rep. Mary Ann Shallcross Smith, D-Lincoln, has introduced two bills aimed at protecting residents' right to repair their possessions.
The bills address anti-competitive...
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