The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends closing Third Beach in Middletown for swimming because of high bacteria levels. RIDOH will continue to monitor and review beach water quality regularly to ensure safe bathing throughout the summer season. The status of a beach may change as new data become available. The most up-to-date […]Read More
STATE HOUSE – The Senate tonight passed legislation (2021-S 0549A) sponsored by Sen. Sandra Cano (D-Dist. 8, Pawtucket) which prohibits the waiving of rules and regulations relating to minority-owned businesses involved with state contracts during periods such as a declared state of emergency. “It is indisputable that the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying effects of […]Read More
STATE HOUSE – The Senate tonight passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Jonathon Acosta (D-Dist. 16, Central Falls, Pawtucket) which establishes a statewide program for police body cameras. Funding to equip approximately 1,700 of Rhode Island’s uniformed patrol officers —across every police department and the Rhode Island State Police — with body-worn cameras over the next […]Read More
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), senior member of House Armed Services Committee, today voted in support of H.R. 239, the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act — which Rep. Langevin helped pass 11 years ago – all women who have civilian health insurance can receive basic contraceptive services without a […]Read More
STATE HOUSE – The Senate today approved two bills aimed at preventing and addressing human trafficking. Sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Cynthia A. Coyne and Sen. Ana B. Quezada, the bills would allow wiretaps for suspected human trafficking investigations and would require hotels to post notices about reporting human trafficking. Chairwoman Coyne’s bill (2021-S […]Read More
STATE HOUSE – The Senate tonight passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Frank A. Ciccone (D-Dist. 7, Providence, North Providence) which allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue driving privileges to undocumented residents in the state. “We need to ensure that all drivers, regardless of their immigration status, are trained, tested and insured when driving […]Read More
Washington, DC – Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sent a letter today urging the Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to consider strengthening the Commission’s regulatory accounting and financial reporting system, the Uniform System of Accounts (USofA), to help protect ratepayers from […]Read More
WASHINGTON – Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee approved all six bipartisan bills to build A Stronger Online Economy: “Today, we have sent a clear message. The United States will no longer let other countries lead the fight against unregulated monopoly power. America is ready […]Read More
The Office of Attorney General, the Rhode Island State Police, and the West Greenwich Police Department are jointly investigating, pursuant to the Attorney General’s Use of Force Protocol, an incident on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, during which Pawtucket Police Officer Daniel Dolan, then off-duty, discharged his service firearm, resulting in injury to a member of […]Read More
State House, Providence, RI – Rhode Island House Republicans are submitting a suite of amendments for the proposed $13B FY22 state budget in an effort to reprioritize children in state care, bolster Rhode Island’s struggling small business economy, curtail unchecked executive powers during a declared State of Emergency and properly fund mismanaged core government services. […]Read More
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