Tag: Statehouse
Report: New $70K rug in Statehouse has wrong state seal, will...
PROVIDENCE – A new rug inside the Statehouse has a seal of disapproval, according to a report by WPRI-TV CBS 12.
A new rug that cost...
ACLU: Statehouse rotunda will be open to protesters during McKee address
PROVIDENCE – The Statehouse rotunda and first floor will be open to protestors during Gov. Daniel J. McKee's State of the State address on...
State Archives to exhibit copies for Declaration of Independence on July...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. State Archives is celebrating the Fourth of July with a public viewing of the state’s three copies of the Declaration...
Report: Bill that would allow Providence to exceed state’s 4% tax...
PROVIDENCE – The House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing approved a bill that would allow for a one-year increase to the city's property...
Ciccone can vote on assault weapons ban, other gun bills, R.I....
Senate Majority Leader Frank Ciccone’s side business selling guns out of his house does not prevent him from discussing and voting on an assault-style weapons...
McKee announces strategic plans to strengthen R.I.’s primary care system
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday announced strategic plans to strengthen the state’s primary care system, which include addressing the impact of...
Cross Insurance opens flagship office in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Cross Insurance, one of the largest independent providers of personal, commercial and specialty insurance in the Northeast, officially opened its new office...
Legislation would restrict ‘spread pricing’ on meds
While prescription drug costs have been steadily increasing, the reimbursements paid to the pharmacies have been decreasing.
The math isn’t adding up.
But this contradiction is...
R.I. Senate President Ruggerio dies at 76
PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, D-North Providence, the most senior member of the Statehouse, died Monday morning at the age of 76,...
On COVID anniversary, protestors renew call for nursing home standards legislation
It’s been five years, but registered nurse Stefania Silvestri can still recall the smell of plastic.
“I placed body after body in a bag, day...
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