Tag: Jason Knight
League of Rhode Island Businesses builds PAC network to push pro-business...
WARWICK – A network of political action committees and a nonprofit are aiming to force change in Rhode Island’s political landscape by supporting conservative,...
McKee signs assault weapons ban into law
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday signed a bill banning the manufacture, purchase, sale, and transfer of several types of semiautomatic and...
Assault weapons ban clears R.I. House
PROVIDENCE – The House on Thursday approved legislation that would ban the manufacture, purchase, sale, transfer and possession of several types of semiautomatic and...
Conservative, progressive Dems jockey to lead the R.I. Senate
Providence Democratic Sen. Frank Ciccone III says he’s seeking a Senate leadership spot as a way to pay tribute to his friend and “brother,”...
House approves bill banning digitized sexual deepfakes
PROVIDENCE – The House of Representatives has approved legislation that expands the state’s 2018 “revenge porn” law to include images created by a digital...
McKee proposes R.I. ban on assault weapons
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee joined other state leaders on Tuesday at the Statehouse in proposing a ban on assault-style weapons in Rhode...
Identical bills to change elder financial exploitation law OK’d by House,...
PROVIDENCE – Each chamber of the General Assembly recently approved its own bill lowering the age for residents to be considered victims of elder...















