Tag: R.I. Senate
Five Questions With: Joshua Miller
Sen. Joshua Miller, D-Cranston, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment &...
T.F. Green Airport name will stay the same, for now
WARWICK – Despite passage of bills by the House and Senate to change the name of T.F. Green Airport to include “Rhode Island,” the...
House committee reviews PawSox ballpark, no vote taken
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House Finance Committee took up the Pawtucket Red Sox ballpark bill Tuesday night, following late-session revisions that have sought to...
Bill would expand EFSB, make power-plant approvals tougher
PROVIDENCE – The House on May 16 passed a bill that would make it more difficult for future power plants to get approved by...
Senate passes ‘red flag’ bill, bump stock ban
PROVIDENCE – The Senate approved two bills May 24 aimed at preventing gun violence and mass shootings.The “red flag” law sponsored by Sen. Maryellen...
New bill would require property sellers disclose marijuana cultivation history
PROVIDENCE – Real estate disclosures, required of sellers, are designed to let prospective buyers know the known history of a property and potential pitfalls...
Five Questions With: Harold M. Metts
Sen. Harold M. Metts, D-Providence, has reintroduced a bill that would prohibit landlords from using the source of income as a reason to exclude...
Should the R.I. House put the Pawtucket Red Sox deal passed...
Another week, another PawSox controversy. Build Rhode Island, a labor/management support organization in the construction trades, commissioned and then released a poll gauging public...
Legislators to consider paid sick-leave bills
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly will convene in a special session Sept. 19 to take up a host of bills left unresolved when the...
R.I. Senate to hold PawSox ballpark hearing tonight, first of six...
PROVIDENCE – The first of six scheduled public hearings on the proposal to move the Pawtucket Red Sox to a new ballpark in downtown...
