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UpdatedWed, Apr 7, 2021 at 9:08 am ET Reply Driving through downtown Providence. The Rhode Island Senate is considering a bill that would create an alternative ID drivers license for undocumented immigrants. (Mary Serreze/Patch) PROVIDENCE — Should people who are not U.S. citizens and in the country illegally be allowed to obtain a Rhode Island drivers license or a government ID that lets them buy a drink at the bar? Two Providence County lawmakers say "yes," and their proposed legislation w...

Now, a group of parents is fighting against legislators who are trying to block the expansion of public charter schools for families who want out of the broken system -- one that has failed students for decades. On Monday, Janie Seguí Rodríguez, the founder of Stop the Wait RI, said on GoLocal LIVE the efforts to block the expansion of charter school seats are unfair to Black and Brown children in Rhode Island.  Rhode Island State Senators Maryellen Goodwin, Ryan Pearson, Sandra Cano, and�...

Photo: File Frustrated by a lack of action from the Rhode Island General Assembly on addressing Rhode Island’s broken education system combined with efforts to stop the growth of high-performing charter schools, parents from across the state have come together to form a parent advocacy group – Stop The Wait RI – to ensure their voices are heard at the General Assembly. State Senator Maryellen Goodwin (District 1) has pushed legislation through the Senate the retroactively blocks more than...

Friday, February 26, 2021   View Larger + An opinion piece written by two Rhode Island State Senators -- Sandra Cano and Ana Quezada -- was sent out by the press office at the Rhode Island General Assembly on Thursday to try and justify their efforts to cancel over 5,500 seats at charter schools for this coming year and block future charter school expansion. The title of the column is “Charter school expansion would leave most children behind” – you can read their claims below, but what ...

Two Providence Restaurants Make Yelp’s Top 100 As GoLocal reported last week, two Providence restaurants have been selected in the "Top 100 Places to Eat in 2021 in the U.S" on Yelp.  “This year’s list is the culmination of thousands of suggestions we received from the Yelp community, a list of favorite restaurants where we can’t wait to enjoy a meal with loved ones again,” said Yelp. “In our eighth annual list, you’ll find eateries from across the US that run the gamut of dinin...

Reply By Sandra Cano and Ana B. Quezada Providing access to a quality public education is a primary responsibility of policymakers and elected officials. All children are entitled to a quality education no matter their race, socioeconomic status, or zip code. The moratorium on charter school expansion recently approved by the Rhode Island Senate is neither anti-education nor anti-charter school. Rather, it is about saving traditional public schools, thereby ensuring every child in our state has...

PROVIDENCE — A tally to date of the federal rental assistance that went out the door during the COVID pandemic in Rhode Island shows that 75% went to female-led households, a figure that advocates say reflects the disproportionate job losses and childcare obligations borne by women during the crisis. And it’s a trend that has played out not just in Rhode Island, but nationally and worldwide, that highlights disparities that existed long before COVID-19. “It is not surprising that a large ...

Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan (right) announced she plans to run in RI Senate District 5 -- the seat currently held by Sam Bell (left). Community activist and outspoken supporter of public charter schools Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan has declared her intent to run for the Rhode Island Senate in 2022. On Thursday, Rodriguez-Masjoan confirmed to GoLocal that she plans to run in District 5 in Providence — the seat currently held by progressive and proclaimed Democratic Socialist Sam Bell, an opponent of p...

Lawmakers want to clamp down on takeout delivery fees A group of Rhode Island lawmakers and the restaurant industry want to take a bite out of food delivery app fees. Legislation introduced by Rep. Deborah Ruggiero and Sen. Sandra Cano would stop apps like DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub from taking a commission of more than 15% during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Thats around half of what some apps charge. When COVID-19 hobbled many restaurants, food delivery apps rushed in to meet t...

It is the beginning of a long two years. Providence City Council President Sabina Matos currently has the biggest war chest for the 2022 race for mayor of Providence, according to state finance reports.  She loaned her campaign $100,000 in the last quarter, a clear signal she is looking to make a concerted run for Mayor in 2022. However, it was former 2014 Mayoral hopeful Brett Smiley -- who went on to work for Mayor Jorge Elorza and then Governor Gina Raimondo -- who notched the biggest fundr...