Tag: Senate
R.I. Senate passes shoreline access bill
After decades of debate, each chamber of the Rhode Island General Assembly has finally reached agreement on defining public shoreline access.
The only problem? The...
Activists call on Senate to ask questions of new cannabis board...
PROVIDENCE – A small group of social justice advocates gathered in front of the Statehouse Thursday to call on the Senate to use a...
McKee signs bill to fund abortion coverage for state workers and...
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed a bill into law Thursday that would let state funds be used to pay for health...
Powell signals increased rate hikes if economy stays strong
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve could increase the size of its interest rate hikes and raise borrowing costs to higher levels than previously...
Senate moves to avert rail strike amid dire warnings
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate moved quickly Thursday to avert a rail strike that the Biden administration and business leaders warned would have had...
Statehouse to reopen June 1 with some COVID-19 precautions
PROVIDENCE – The Statehouse will reopen to the public and employees on June 1 but on a limited basis and with some safety measures,...
Should Rhode Island gradually increase its minimum wage to $15 an...
The state Senate on Feb. 10 approved a gradual increase in Rhode Island’s minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 per hour by 2025.
Proponents say...
Senate approves mobile sports betting
PROVIDENCE – The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill allowing mobile sports betting through Twin River casinos in Lincoln and Tiverton.
“The new in-person Sportsbook...
Coalitions keep partners focused
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed | D-R.I.
Getting things done in the U.S. Senate requires consensus. It means working across the aisle and building an honorable,...
Can a onetime garbageman who served on the state’s highest court...
A onetime garbageman who became an attorney and member of Rhode Island’s highest court, Robert G. Flanders Jr. has called himself the “embodiment of...
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