R.I. Senate president returns after seven weeks and bout of pneumonia
When asked if he’s confident he’ll attend the remainder of the 2025 legislative session, Ruggerio said, “I’m going to go ...
Congressman Magaziner’s broken promise to move to the district he represents could haunt him
Members of Congress aren’t required to live in the district they represent, but Magaziner has repeatedly committed to living ...
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Senators Reed and Whitehouse, Rep. Amo to address constituents on April 21 in Portsmouth
The League of Women Voters Newport County is hosting a town hall meeting with most of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation on April 21, 2025, at Portsmouth Middle School. Senators Sheldon ...
Editorial: The bill’s due for lawmakers making bank on stocks
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn introduced the bipartisan No Corruption in Government Act ...
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RI General Assembly passes COVID-19 vaccine access bill, to discuss school cell phone ban
The Rhode Island house have passed a COVID-19 vaccine protection bill, and the senate will consider a bill on cell phone and ...
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This Day In History: March 25, 1947—Claudine Schneider, first woman elected from Rhode Island to House of Representatives is born
Claudine Schneider, the first woman elected from Rhode Island to the U.S. House of Representatives, was born. Elected in 1980, the political trailblazer also was the first Republican Representative to ...
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The Senate’s Age of Irrelevance
Elon Musk’s DOGE and Trump’s executive orders are pushing Congress’s upper chamber from ineffectiveness to obsolescence. Will ...
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Rhode Island celebrates 204 years of Greek Independence
Governor Dan McKee said representatives of Rhode Island’s Greek Orthodox churches and members of the Greek American community ...
A transfer portal for high schools? Texas coaches against a proposed state bill to loosen UIL rules
House Bill 619 would allow students to transfer for athletic purposes. But the state's leaders in high school athletics are ...
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Rhode Island lawmakers continue push for seat on Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) has reintroduced legislation to add the state of Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic ...
Senate Democrats Press Trump for Answers on Security Breach
Top lawmakers say the White House must provide a full accounting of actions surrounding sensitive military information shared ...
RI lawmakers looking to encourage long-term rentals in Middletown
The Rhode Island House unanimously passed a bill Tuesday night aimed at giving landlords an incentive to rent to locals ...