Tag: R.I. House of Representatives
Criticism aimed at legislation that would prevent employers, businesses from requiring...
PROVIDENCE – A bill that would prevent employers or organizations from requiring workers or students to get a COVID-19 vaccine sparked a debate among...
Climate change bill heads back to Senate after winning House approval
PROVIDENCE – Legislation that ups the ante for the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions has won approval in both chambers of the...
Five Questions With: Carol Hagan McEntee
Carol Hagan McEntee | D-South Kingstown, R.I. House of Representatives
1. What are the most pressing issues you face as chairwoman of the House...
Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats...
House OKs remote committee votes and limited proxy votes during pandemic
PROVIDENCE – The House has approved new rules for the 2021-2022 session that allow House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi to activate procedures that include...
Rhode Island House Democrats round out leadership team
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Democrats in the Rhode Island House of Representatives have elected a new leadership team that includes two women in key posts.
Rep. Katherine...
House expected to vote Wednesday on $12.7B state budget for fiscal...
PROVIDENCE – A budget nearly a year in the making and delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to be approved on Wednesday by...
Shekarchi appoints bipartisan House task force for vaccine distribution
PROVIDENCE – R.I. House of Representatives Speaker-nominee K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, announced Tuesday a bipartisan House task force to oversee the state's implementation of...
R.I. House Republicans pick leadership; Democrats to caucus
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Republicans in the state House of Representatives said Wednesday that they've unanimously re-elected Blake Filippi as Minority Leader and Michael Chippendale...
Measure to accelerate mobile sports betting moves to R.I. House
PROVIDENCE – A critical committee of the Rhode Island House of Representatives pushed forward Tuesday a measure that would allow sports bettors to register...