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The R.I. Senate District 1 race is getting crowded

Four Democrats and one Republican have declared their candidacies for the state Senate District 1 seat, ensuring a second hotly contested race this year. ....

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Commission to redraw RI political districts is named

The announcement comes just a day before the Census Bureau is expected to release its latest population counts. ....

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Three R.I. gun bills advance while another is withdrawn in protest

Three R.I. gun bills advance while another is withdrawn in protest
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A pro-second-amendment supporter outside of the Rhode Island State Capitol, where bills that would either expand gun rights or seek to control firearms were debated on March 13, 2021.
PROVIDENCE In close committee votes Monday, the Rhode Island House and Senate advanced bills that would outlaw “straw purchases” of guns and prohibit firearms on school grounds, but a legislator withdrew another gun bill after it was “gutted.”
House and Senate leaders had reached agreement on four gun bills that appeared to be headed to a final vote in the waning days of this year’s legislative session, including a bill that would require enhanced reporting by the attorney general on gun crimes. ....

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R.I.'s first Black Supreme Court justice is sworn in

R.I.âs first Black Supreme Court justice is sworn in
âThe arc of the moral universe is long,â Justice Melissa A. Long says, âbut it does indeed bend toward justice.â
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated January 11, 2021, 4:45 p.m.
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Judge Melissa A. Long spoke on the steps of the Rhode Island State House after she was sworn in as the first Black justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
PROVIDENCE â Judge Melissa A. Long on Monday became the first Black justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court, saying, âThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it does indeed bend toward justice.â ....

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Opinion/Metts: Appointment of Melissa Long to RI Supreme Court a baby step forward

By Sen. Harold M. Metts
The writer is a state senator representing District 6 in Providence.
When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous address on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he memorably said, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’”
That creed enumerated in the Declaration of Independence was more than just a statement of beliefs it was a promise to the people of the United States of America. And it’s taken an awfully long time to fulfill that promise. Racism has had a stranglehold on this country from colonial times. It’s woven into the very fabric of the republic. It’s been so violent and pervasive that it’s been the reason for lynchings, beatings and murder. It was even the catalyst of America’s bloodiest war. ....

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