Tag: Jason Knight
Democrat challengers Foulkes, Khamsyvoravong widen cash leads over incumbents in Q2
With less than a month before early voting begins for Rhode Island state and local primaries, candidates are pounding the pavement and packing in...
Dems ramp up TV ad spending in AG primary race
The television campaign in Rhode Island’s four-way Democratic attorney general primary is growing as a second candidate debuted ads Wednesday, while another reserved airtime...
McKee, Foulkes officially declare their candidacy for Sept. primary
With 78 days to go until Rhode Island’s Democratic primary, the two Democratic frontrunners for governor officially filed their declaration of candidacy paperwork less...
R.I. House approves escrow bill that could help landlords secure tenant...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House of Representatives approved legislation on March 19 that would make it easier for financial institutions to offer escrow accounts...
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...
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