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ultimately, chuck schumer decides how and which amendments will get a vote and debate and a vote, and i think he will be for us to go through that process because there have been demands, especially from republicans who winds amendments that they are amendments that they are amendment get a vote. and its really about screen time, its about getting a little bit of spotlights. it this is the issue that we care about. its not really about whether those amendments will pass. but its really...

Democrats praised the budget for boosting funding for public transportation and cost-of-living adjustments to some retirees, while Republicans criticized film tax credits and the corporate minimum tax.

“It wouldn’t be paid for by taxpayers — it would be paid for by the slobs that threw those bottles out in the first place,” said Bill McCusker, president of Friends of the Saugatucket.

The new school, set to be completed at the end of 2025, will replace a nearly 100-year-old building beset by leaky roofs, balky boilers, mold, peeling paint, and falling debris.

A protest against US policy on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza won 15.2 percent of the vote in R.I.’s 2nd Congressional District.

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, ecoRI News Colleen Cronin and Common Cause RI’s John Marion talk about the value of the Access to Public Records Act, and legislation that would strengthen that state law.

Christopher Cotham faces two felony counts and two misdemeanor counts in connection with nomination papers filed in East Providence, Newport, and Jamestown during last year’s First Congressional District race.

Reclaim RI and labor groups back three “housing justice” bills, while House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi calls the proposal for a state public housing developer “a very intriguing concept.”

City officials “had concerns about the initial route proposal that would have had a dramatic impact to city streets impacted by the Washington Bridge closure,” Mayor Smiley’s press secretary said.

A wide variety of agencies have filed objections to sections of the bill coming before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday evening.