PROVIDENCE — A progressive advocacy group with money behind it — and two state senators on its paid staff — on Tuesday announced its arrival in Rhode Island with an ambitious, $300-million legislative agenda that seeks to address "racial and economic injustice."
Part of a regional coalition, Renew Rhode Island also hopes to address "a severe shortage of affordable housing ... a rapidly accelerating eviction emergency, widespread food insecurity, and climate change."
The group is holding a virtual event to officially announce its launch at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
The hopes and aspirations of the group are big — and so is the projected price tag for its legislative agenda, which at $300 million is described as "2.5 percent of the state budget."