Advocates vow to keep up the fight to get this bill to the governor’s desk this year and protect the promise of Roe in Rhode Island. (Providence, RI) – Statement by The Womxn Project on tonight’s House passage of the Reproductive Privacy Act (H 5125), a bill to codify Roe and protect the right to […]readmore
International Women’s Day Occurs Annually on March 8th Providence, RI (March 7, 2019)…City Council Deputy Majority Leader Mary Kay Harris (Ward 11) and the majority female-led Council, unanimously voted to recognize March 8th as International Women’s Day at a Council meeting last month. The Council will be hosting an event tomorrow, Friday, March 8, beginning at 6:00 […]readmore
Providence, RI (March 7, 2019) – City Council President Pro Tempore Michael Correia, Ward Six introduced an ordinance at tonight’s Council Meeting that calls for implementing an emergency parking ban if the expected snowfall is four inches or more. “The current system is not efficient and is failing to ensure the safety of our constituents during […]readmore
From the left: Sen. Donna M. Nesselbush, Dr. Jane Gerety, RSW, President of Salve Regina University, Dr. Christina Paxson, President of Brown University, Dr. Rosanne Somerson, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, and Rep. Kathleen A. Fogarty at the 2019 International Women’s Day celebration in the State Room of the State House STATE […]readmore
A team of assessors from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission certified the department On February 26, 2019, the UMass Dartmouth Police Department received their second state re-accreditation from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission. Accreditation is a self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain standards that have been established for the […]readmore
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Schumer, Carper & Reed Introduce Legislation To Prohibit Any Federal
In Light Of Reports That The White House Intends To Create A Fake-Science Working Group To Challenge The Scientific Consensus On Climate Change— Senators Schumer, Carper, And Reed Introduce Legislation To Block Any Federal Funding To Support Such A Working Group The White House’s Fake Climate Panel Would Be Comprised Of Cherry Picked Trump Administration Employees Who […]readmore
Westport, CT – On Wednesday, March 6th, members of the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 371 union, who work at Stop & Shop stores in Connecticut and western Massachusetts, made the unanimous decision to vote in favor of a strike authorization, which will allow the union’s negotiation committee to call for its members to strike Stop & […]readmore
Volunteer, give blood, learning lifesaving skills or donate to #help1family on American Red Cross Giving Day PROVIDENCE, R.I.– March 7, 2019 — March is Red Cross Month, and the American Red Cross Rhode Island asks people to be a hero for families in Rhode Island by becoming a volunteer, learning lifesaving skills, giving blood or donating to […]readmore
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Statement from RI Coalition for Reproductive Freedom On Reproductive Privacy
Providence, RI – The House of Representatives is poised to make history by voting on the Reproductive Privacy Act (H 5125A) on the House Floor today. This a monumental moment in Rhode Island. The last time a vote on a bill to codify Roe v. Wade happened in Rhode Island was 1993 when it passed […]readmore
WASHINGTON – In light of the ongoing violence, deteriorating security situation, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela caused by the illegitimate regime of Nicolás Maduro,U.S.Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today led 24 Senators in a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that his Administration promptly designate Venezuela for Temporary […]readmore