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Treasurer Diossa was also out of the country on a different vacation when a powerful committee held a hearing on one of his top legislative priorities.

“Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, we have seen an unprecedented level of attacks on health care providers, on reproductive rights, across the country,” Senator Dawn Euer said.

They can serve as pages in the General Assembly. They can drive a car. They can give blood. They can consent to medical care, or sex. They can work 48 hours in a week and pay taxes on these earnings. They can put that money in a savings account they’ve opened. These are some things […] The post Legislators propose giving 16- and 17-year-olds right to vote in school committee elections appeared first on Rhode Island Current.

Rhode Island’s iconic Independent Man statue is making a grand comeback just in time for the state's Independence Day celebrations,

Students at the Rhode Island Training School are researching the indigent and mentally ill people buried in nameless graves near the school grounds.

Tuesday is Rhode Island's presidential primary election. Voters including some 17-year-olds will be going to the polls on Tuesday.

On April 2, voters in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin will cast their votes in the states’ presidential primaries.

Johnston’s primary seat in the state Senate will stay empty until after the November election. Sen. Frank Lombardo III, a Democrat representing District 25 (Johnston) since 2010, died …

Miguel J. Nuñez, who is fluent in English and Spanish, has served as deputy director since 2017, and he will replace Robert B. Rapoza, who is retiring.