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Sierra Club statement on National Grid LNG proposal
The Rhode Island Sierra Club strongly praises the bold climate leadership of the nine Providence legislators who publicly expressed their opposition to National Grid’s proposal for a $180 million...
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Legislators want to improve RI’s paid family leave program
Shelby Maldonado Bills introduced by Senator Gayle Goldin and Representative Shelby Maldonado would provide more security for workers and their families by expanding access to the state’s paid family...
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RI Right to Life endorsed pro-choice candidates Jabour and Lombardi
Paul Jabour If RI Senator Paul Jabour (Democrat, District 5 Providence) and RI Representative John Lombardi (Democrat, District 8, Providence) are pro-choice, why did Rhode Island Right to Life endorse...
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Powerful speakers help RISE UP! Rhode Island celebrate Women’s History Month
RISE UP! Rhode Island held a rally on Saturday to honor and celebrate Women’s History Month and the work of multiple human rights organizations in RI. The gathering was held at the Roger Williams...
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Our Voice, Our Choice: an art-in for reproductive rights
The Reproductive Health Care Act of 2017 (SB 274 and HB 5343) which would codify Roe v Wade into Rhode Island state law, got a boost this weekend at a State House when over one hundred women and...
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Indivisible RI demands truth about Russia at State House rally
On Saturday morning, across the country and in more than 100 cities, Indivisible groups organized marches and rallies to demand an independent commission to investigate Donald Trump‘s connections to...
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Women’s rights vs. party unity: Repro rights resolution highlights Democratic...
Kristina Fox leads the vote, left ((c) Gayle Goldin) Monday evening’s kickoff for the Rhode Island Democratic Party (RIDP) Women’s Caucus became contentious when RI House Majority Leader Joseph...
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Planned Parenthood endorses Dawn Euer for state Senate
Dawn Euer “With the most radically anti-women’s health President and Congress in memory running Washington, it is more important than ever for Rhode Island to ensure that abortion remains safe and...
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Repro rights activists deliver petition to Speaker Mattiello’s law office in...
The Woman Project and Indivisible Rhode Island delivered a digital copy of the massive 4 foot by 53 foot petition in support of the Reproductive Health Care Act (H5343/S0274) to Rhode Island House...
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RI Democratic Women’s Caucus travels the state, increases its numbers
Nearly 100 women from East Bay and across the state gathered Tuesday to map out next steps for the growing Rhode Island Democratic Women’s Caucus. Almost a third of those present were first-time...
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Dreamers speak out at Defend DACA Rally
Around 1000 people gathered at the Rhode Island State House, most of them as part of a march from Burnside Park, to protest President Donald Trump‘s revocation of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood...
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Stage set for progressives to take over Rhode Island
Gubernatorial candidate Matt Brown addresses state convention. As the deadline to run for elected office came and went Wednesday afternoon, there are more than a few political newcomers—many young, and...
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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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