In 2024, Rhode Islanders will vote for president and Congress, but attention is focused on the Republican primary between Cranston Mayor Kenneth Hopkins and Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung.
Bissaillon, chief of staff to Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, will face Republican Niyoka Powell, Rhode Island GOP second vice chairwoman, in the Nov. 7 general election.
This past January, the Equality for Abortion Coverage Act (EACA) was presented in the Rhode Island assembly by Representative Katherine Kazarian alongside 42 additional co-sponsors for its fourth time. The EACA will ensure that individuals covered by Medicaid and state health insurance plans will have coverage for abortion procedures. This article examines why RI is in its fourth year trying to pass the EACA, and how it is representative of Democratic legislators’ complacency that cannot be accepted during a time when women’s rights is at a vulnerable crux.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Replacement of lead pipes has become a hot topic of late, and Mayor Charles Lombardi, who leads of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, says