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R.I. poised to pass gun safe-storage legislation

A Johnston woman says she would like the legislation to be named for her 16-year-old son, Dillon, who was killed with a gun that police say was not stored safely.

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For Haitians who built a community in Rhode Island, dreams of returning home fade

As violence and chaos rages on in Haiti, R.I. advocates speak out.
COMMENTARY | REBECCA KISLAK, DAVID MORALES, KAREN ALZATE

Are R.I. millionaires paying their fair share of state taxes?

A 3 percent surtax on annual incomes above $1 million could be dedicated to public transportation, education, and child care.
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Senate Judiciary Committee supports Medeiros as R.I.’s new child advocate

Acting Child Advocate Katelyn Medeiros is widely praised by Senate Judiciary Committee, which forwarded her nomination to the full Senate Thursday.

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Outcry over keeping police video secret has delayed passage of R.I.’s police reform bill
The R.I. Senate has not yet scheduled a vote to amend the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, as it reviews concerns that the bill would keep some body-worn camera video from being released.

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City by the Rising Sea: Climate change and Newport’s mansions
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Pamela Watts of RI PBS and the Preservation Society of Newport County’s Leslie Jones discuss what’s being done to protect historic buildings that draw tourists to R.I.

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R.I. attorney general calls for replacing coastal council, citing its handling of golf course seawall
“This is doing legal gymnastics to try to bless an end run around Rhode Island law to the detriment of Rhode Islanders,” Attorney General Peter Neronha said. “Frankly, it’s outrageous.”

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A bill to simplify the name change process is headed to R.I. Governor McKee’s desk
The bill, which received bipartisan support in both legislative chambers, would remove barriers and safety risks for transgender people and domestic violence survivors seeking a legal name change.

ELECTION 2022

2022 election in Rhode Island: results, news, and analysis

Rhode Island voters are deciding on Nov. 8 whether Democratic Governor Daniel K. McKee will get to serve his first full term in office, and whether the Democratic Party will retain its three-decade hold on a U.S. House seat. Follow along as the Globe Rhode Island team brings you coverage of the 2022 General Election.
See: All of the results from the 2022 R.I. general election

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COMMENTARY | LAURA HAMMAN-ORTIZ

Rhode Island’s future is multilingual

The General Assembly is considering two bills that would help grow the number of bilingual education programs, an important investment in our state’s future.

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Old monastery will have new life as affordable housing, but not everyone in affluent R.I. town agrees

In Barrington, R.I., town officials want to redevelop the former Carmelite monastery property in a plan that would include housing for seniors.

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Army Corps of Engineers issues violation notice to R.I. country club that built seawall without permission

Save the Bay calls for Coastal Resources Management Council to require Quidnessett Country Club to to remove the wall at the North Kingstown golf course and to pay appropriate penalties.

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Challenger accuses Cranston mayor of treating the office like a ‘no-show job,’ citing his daily calendars

Mayor Kenneth Hopkins responds to Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung, saying voters know he’s been “working hard” and “cleaning up the fiscal mess left by her husband,” former mayor Allan Fung.

COMMENTARY | BRIDGET VALVERDE AND TERRI CORTVRIEND

Let’s change the way we look at our food scraps in Rhode Island

New legislation aims to fund composting and organic waste diversion programs with just a $2 per ton surcharge on the trash we send to the landfill.

COMMENTARY | John A. Pernorio

Governor McKee must live up to his promises for Rhode Island’s nursing homes

Establish the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board and hold nursing homes accountable to invest public dollars in frontline staff and residents.

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Former R.I. school committee candidate fined for failing to file campaign reports

Lacey McGreevy, now a delegate for former President Donald Trump, must pay $4,700 for not filing six campaign finance reports while running for South Kingstown School Committee in 2022.

Conservative group files civil rights complaint against MIT alleging program for female students of color is discriminatory

A Rhode Island-based conservative legal group on Monday filed a federal civil rights complaint against MIT, alleging a program for female undergraduate students of color unlawfully discriminates against white students who aren’t able to participate.

RI Political Briefs

Rhode Island political news: January 2023