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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RI-State-House-300x225.jpg)
STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives today passed legislation introduced by Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry) allowing Automatic Disaffiliation independent voters in primary elections. Under […]
STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives today passed legislation introduced by Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry) that strengthens the penalties for drunken, impaired and reckless […]
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE – Sen. Leonidas P. Raptakis (D-Dist. 33, Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich), Sen. John […]
STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday introduced by Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) compensating innocent people behind bars released when new evidence […]
STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives today passed legislation introduced by Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) that would give compensation to innocent people who have spent […]
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, charged with providing at-risk children safe homes, faces scrutiny from two Warwick representatives following a report on a nine-year-old […]
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives has passed legislation introduced byRep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, […]
STATE HOUSE — The Animal Legal Defense Fund, has honored Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick), naming her an Animal Defender. “Animal victims of abuse cannot […]
![[CREDIT: Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau] Rep. Patricia A. Serpa, center, stands with Mario Hilario, right and Providence City Councilman Nicholas Narducci, treasurer of the Friends of Providence Animal Care & Control Center after receiving the Mario Hilario Animal Compassion Award Wednesday during a wine tasting to benefit the Providence Animal Shelter.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Serpa-Animal-Compassion-Award-140x140.jpg)
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — The Friends of Providence Animal Care & Control Center presented Rep. Patricia A. […]
Every year,Animal Rescue Rhode Island honors an individual or organization for their contributions benefiting the animals of Rhode Island, but this year, they’re honoring House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) and Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick).
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives today passed legislation introduced by Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist. […]
Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick), chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight, said she was relieved that the Department of Children, Youth and Families decided to stop doing business with the Blackstone Valley Youth and Family Collaborative.
Editor’s note: The following report was provided by the Legislative Press and Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — “It’s so egregious and outrageous, I can’t even believe it’s happening,” said by Rep. […]
On the eve of a forecasted snowstorm, Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) and Sen. Erin Lynch Prata (D-Dist. 31, Warwick, Cranston) have introduced legislation that would include hunting dogs in an existing law that protects animals from extreme temperatures.
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — Rhode Island’s Office of Regulatory Reform is the latest state agency to come […]
Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick), chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, said she is “concerned and troubled” by serious incidents involving the health and safety of youth residents and staff of the Rhode Island Training School, and that the committee will revisit the issue to give the Department of Children, Youth and Families the opportunity to put their solutions into practice.
Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care has honored Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) with its 2017 Legislative Champion Award for her advocacy efforts that support home-based healthcare service delivery.
STATE HOUSE — Now that the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation has agreed to a $16-million proposed settlement in the state’s 38 Studios lawsuit with Hilltop Securities Inc.,Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) has called for the release of all documents related to the investigation.
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — In the wake of a massive shakeup by the governor in the Department of Human […]
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — Speaker of the House Nicholas A. Mattiello (D-Dist. 15, Cranston) has appointed Rep. Patricia […]
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) is heralding Gov. Gina Raimondo’s appointment of West Warwick native Ann C. as superintendent of State Police and director […]
“We’re not going away, so get ready,” said Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick), chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, after four hours of grilling state officials Thursday on the problem-riddled Unified Health Infrastructure Project.
House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello and House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Patricia A. Serpa today announced plans to call a joint meeting of the House Oversight Committee and the House Finance Committee Thursday for a hearing on the botched rollout of the state’s new health and human services computer system, the United Health Infrastructure Project (UHIP).
Mayors Scott Avedisian and Alan Fung have joined Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) in calling for Attorney General Peter Kilmartin to release all documents related to the investigation of 38 Studios.
When Helene Lewis of Newport died in 1993 of cervical cancer after Newport Hospital mis-diagnosed four of her pap smears over eight years, protections against future mistakes were written into Rhode Island licensure criteria for lab professionals.
Speaker of the House Nicholas A. Mattiello (D-Dist. 15, Cranston) and Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) have received the Humane Society’s 2015 Humane State Legislator Award. The award was given during a ceremony in the speaker’s office.
Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) encourages constituents to take advantage of $20,000 in down payment assistance for first-time home buyers purchase foreclosed properties in certain Rhode Island communities.
The Warwick Fire Department received 149 service calls from 5:30 a.m. till noon the day of the Aug. 4 “macro-burst” storm – more than quadruple the usual volume, representing an as-yet unknown amount of damage Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) hopes to help residents manage.
Warwick, RI – The RI House of Representatives has approved Rep.Patricia A. Serpa’s (D-Dist 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) bill requiring convicted first- or second-degree murderers (not sentenced to life) to serve […]
Editor’s note, the following information was provided in a release from the Legislative and Public Information Bureau. Warwick, RI – Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick) has submitted a bill requiring […]
Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick,Coventry, Warwick) has submitted two bills to exempt commercial heating fuel from state taxes.
