4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (516+ words) The Kennedy Plaza Resistance Coalition held a protest on Tuesday to oppose relocating the Downtown Providence bus hub to a site between the Providence Place Mall and the train station. A flyer handed out before and during the event lays…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (423+ words) On Labor Day, Rhode Island workers should be able to count on their state government to respect collective bargaining and employees’ rights. Under Governor Dan McKee, however, the state government has repeatedly been accused of interfering with those fundamental rights....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (432+ words) There’s a new, big-money player on the Rhode Island political stage that’s targeting many of our finest environmental legislators because they also support gun control. The League of RI Businesses is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, posing as a moderate,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) Rhode Island is encouraging more families to install energy-efficient heat pumps because they can lower energy bills, improve air quality, and reduce climate pollution. Yet many households that make the switch aren’t seeing as much savings as they should because…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (423+ words) Members of Etta Tenants Union gathered outside the offices of Providence Realty Investments (PRI) around noon on Monday to call on owner and Chief Operating Officer Michael Hennessy and Chief Executive Officer Raymond Uritescu to come to the negotiation table…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (909+ words) Note: Until Rhode Island gets serious about eliminating fossil fuels and municipalizing the grid, we will keep paying more and more for energy. The decisions result from a months-long deliberation over Rhode Island Energy’s request to increase utility rates. CLF…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (602+ words) On November 6 of last year, your police officers knocked on my mom’s door and, when she opened it, you arrested her on two misdemeanor charges: Providing False Information to 911 Resisting Legal or Illegal Arrest You arraigned her, released her on…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (859+ words) Tenants of Curtis Arms Apartments in Providence’s neighborhood of Olneyville announce that they have formed the Curtis Arms Tenants Union with supermajority support. They demand that their landlord, the California-based real estate corporation Standard Communities, agree to negotiate a collectively…...