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A Strong New Voice for Providence’s East Side
Gayle Goldin, A Strong New Voice for State Senate – District 3 On July 2nd, I joined a large crowd as Governor Chafee opened birth records for a group of people who have never been allowed to see them:...
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Primaries Prove Fruitful for Progressive Agenda
The State House dome from North Main Street. (Photo by Bob Plain) While there was no landslide for liberal State House candidates, Tuesday’s primary still proved to be a big victory for the progressive...
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One Dem Party That Donna Perry Doesn’t Understand
Logo of the RI Democratic Party First, right off the bat: anyone who uses the phrase “Democrat Party” is already showing their ignorance of the Democratic Party. You should still read their arguments,...
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Interview: Gayle Goldin on the General Assembly
Freshman Sen. Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3 – Providence) won national praise for Rhode Island this session when she helped shepherd through legislation that expanded the state’s Temporary...
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Interview: Gayle Goldin on voter ID, economic sustainability
Freshman Sen. Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3 – Providence) won national praise for Rhode Island this session when she helped shepherd through legislation that expanded the state’s Temporary...
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Interview: Gayle Goldin on election year lawmaking (Part 3)
Freshman Sen. Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3 – Providence) won national praise for Rhode Island this session when she helped shepherd through legislation that expanded the state’s Temporary...
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Voter ID not the only election bill that deserves attention
Last night the Senate Committee on Judiciary heard a full agenda of election bills. You’ll read a lot in the Projo and RI Future about the Voter ID repeal legislation Senator Gayle Goldin sponsored,...
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Bill equates carpooling with prostitutes to sex trafficking
Sen. Gayle Goldin What a difference a word can make. Or, in the case of Senate Bill 2602, three words. The proposal, said co-sponsor Sen. Gayle Goldin, was originally worded to target sex traffickers....
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The Frymaster endorsements
Political endorsements ain’t what they used to be. If Donald Trump can issue endorsements and have people take them seriously, I figured…what the heck? Herewith, my endorsements (i.e., people for whom...
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Tipped minimum wage increase debated at the State House
Representative Regunberg A large coalition to raise the tipped minimum wage was launched at the State House with a press conference and public testimony on House Bill 5364. Representative Aaron...
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Labor Secretary Tom Perez assesses RI’s paid leave act
U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez Representative David Cicilline hosted U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez in Pawtucket Friday afternoon as part of “a roundtable discussion on paid leave.” Also on hand...
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Labor Sec. Perez supports raising min wage, eliminating tipped min wage
U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez came out in strong support for both raising the minimum wage and for eliminating the tipped minimum wage during a press Q&A at the end...
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Restaurant workers, faith leaders march for tipped minimum wage increase
Restaurant workers, joined by faith leaders and and other supporters, marched in the drizzling rain from the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church to the State House to demand an increase in the tipped minimum...
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Supporters stand with Planned Parenthood in RI
On the same day that Republicans in Congress were embarrassing themselves with a woefully ill-prepared and ill-considered interrogation of Planned Parenthood’s President Cecile Richards, supporters all...
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State senators to hold rally to support Syrian refugees
Photo from UNHCR.org. Senators John Miller and Gayle Goldin are hosting a State House rally on Thursday at 1:30 “to demonstrate support and compassion for refugees fleeing the crisis in Syria,”...
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Free tax filing and free money available to low-income Rhode Islanders
Though the big news was that Governor Gina Raimondo announced that she would be calling of an increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the minimum wage when she presents her budget during...
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Talking about end-of-life options in Rhode Island
Tim Appleton Tim Appleton, campaign manager at Compassion and Choices, was talking to a full room about “medical aid-in-dying.” This would take the form of legislation that would allow a terminally...
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Nursing home workers Fight for $15
Following a wave of successful efforts to raise the minimum wage in California and New York, and with news that nursing home workers in Pennsylvania won a $15 starting wage, SEIU 1199 held a “Fight for...
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Making sure we all make it in Rhode Island
Scott Slater Last year, the General Assembly and the governor took an important first step to help thousands of working families make ends meet by increasing the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)...
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Providence legislators oppose ‘dangerous’ new LNG development
A group of Providence elected officials announced their strong opposition to a proposal by National Grid to develop a new fracked gas liquefaction facility at Fields Point in South Providence. Citing...
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