Today via Zoom conference, elected leaders, advocates, and families came together to launch the 2021 RIght Start Agenda, a package of legislation and state budget investments…
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RI House Majority Leader Chris Blazejewski joins Political Roundtable to discuss the storming of the US Capitol and other subjects, including how RI lawmakers are responding to the pandemic…
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Meet Christopher Blazejewski, the next Rhode Island House majority leader. He is now the highest-ranked Progressive Democrat in the increasingly progressive R.I. House of Representatives, with an “F” rating from the NRA. He has a star-studded resumé: Harvard College, magna cum laude. Harvard Law…
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House lawmakers have passed legislation that would send mail ballot applications to every Rhode Island voter ahead of the September primaries and November election. The bill, according to…
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Rhode Island’s governor has ceremoniously signed bills allowing domestic violence protective orders to protect more children and limiting noncompetition agreements…
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A review by The Public’s Radio shows that fewer than half of the school-age children of elected officials from Providence attend traditional public schools…
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The General Assembly has approved legislation sponsored by House Deputy Majority Whip Christopher R. Blazejewski and Sen. Sandra Cano to notify workers…
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A top Rhode Island House Democrat on Monday proposed creating a formal procedure for handling sexual harassment claims in the General Assembly, the first official action proposed…
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