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Kilmartin Joins State AGs Urging Congress to Preserve Prepaid Card Protections
Prepaid cards, often used by consumers with limited or no access to traditional bank accounts, are in danger of losing key Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB) protection, a fate RI […]
Former Sen. Walaska Dies, Leaves Legacy of Hope for Terminally Ill
WARWICK, RI — Former Senator William Walaska, 70, a member of the RI Senate for 22 years, a champion of access to off-label medicines for people with terminal illness, died […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Andrea Penardo and Aline Sweeney hold a sign urging a move to a single-payer healthcare system as their own alternative to Obamacare at Coventry High School during a Congressional Town Hall meeting with Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CHS-Town-Hall-Congressmen1-200x150.jpg "Reed, Langevin, Whitehouse Meet With Kent County Residents at Coventry High")
Reed, Langevin, Whitehouse Meet With Kent County Residents at Coventry High
COVENTRY, RI — Residents from Kent County, including a few from Warwick, filled Coventry High School’s auditorium Sunday afternoon for a town hall meeting with Sen. Jack Reed,(D-RI), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse […]
McCaffrey Elected RI Senate Majority Leader as Ruggerio Takes Senate President Post
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE, Providence – The Rhode Island Senate unanimously elected Dominick J. Ruggerio (D – Dist. […]
Mental Health Advocacy Group Honors Shekarchi for Police Training Law
House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) will be awarded for “Excellence in Advocacy by an Elected Official” by the National Council for Behavioral Health for recently passed […]
Vella-Wilkinson Bill Grants State Benefits to Gay Vets Discharged ‘Undesirable’
Rhode Island, site of one of the first recorded controversies involving homosexuals in the military in Newport in 1919, may grant state benefits for gay veterans discharged under the military’s […]
House OKs McNamara Bill Banning New ‘Pink’ Opioid Drug
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives has passed legislation introduced byRep. Joseph M. McNamara […]
Shanley Bill Allows Tenants to Break Leases Over Secondhand Smoke
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Evan P. Shanley (D-Dist. 24, Warwick) has introduced a bill that would allow tenants of multi-unit buildings to break their lease if landlords don’t remedy secondhand […]
House OKs McNamara Bill for School Building Safety Assessment Deadlines
STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives has passed legislation introduced byRep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) that would establish time guidelines for the assessment of school building […]
Kilmartin Among 16 AGs Filing Amicus Brief Opposing Trump Refugee, Immigration Ban
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin invoked the Ocean State’s history of religious tolerance in joining 15 attorneys general who announced the filing of an amicus […]
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RI Sen. Michael McCaffrey](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mccaffrey2.jpg "RI Senate Passes McCaffrey Bills Reforming Parole System")
RI Senate Passes McCaffrey Bills Reforming Parole System
STATE HOUSE — As part of its continuing efforts at justice reinvestment, the Rhode Island Senate today passed several bills introduced by Sen. Michael J. McCaffrey (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) that […]
