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Police reform, housing top the wish list for R.I. municipalities

The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns is out with its annual priorities for state lawmakers.

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Students in Central Falls got $10k to upgrade their high school. It drove a citywide ‘wave of democracy’

A budgeting model originated in Brazil launched as an elective class in Rhode Island’s poorest city. The approach is now taking hold statewide.
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Shekarchi names Hull as new deputy speaker of R.I. House

Hull, a Providence Democrat and Providence police sergeant, becomes the first Black legislator to serve in that leadership position.
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McKee, Neronha, other statewide office-holders call for ban on ‘assault-style’ weapons

House and Senate leaders make no commitments, saying they will review the legislation as it goes through the committee process.

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Candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols draws hundreds who push for stop to police brutality
“We all have to be part of the change,” said Sylvia Carey-Butler, a Providence resident.

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Lima says Shekarchi is replacing her as deputy speaker of R.I. House
The Cranston Democrat said “some of the progressives” disliked her contrary viewpoints and criticism. “They want to shut you up and cancel you. That’s the new cancel culture.”

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Rhode Island political news: January 2023
Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

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It’s Crowne Plaza Month for Rhode Island Democrats
Warwick was the center of the political universe for the final full week of January, as three top state leaders kicked off fund-raising season.

ELECTION 2022

2022 election in Rhode Island: results, news, and analysis

Rhode Island voters are deciding on Nov. 8 whether Democratic Governor Daniel K. McKee will get to serve his first full term in office, and whether the Democratic Party will retain its three-decade hold on a U.S. House seat. Follow along as the Globe Rhode Island team brings you coverage of the 2022 General Election.
See: All of the results from the 2022 R.I. general election

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R.I. Democratic Women’s Caucus elects the Rev. Donnie Anderson as chair

“I hope the message is: Trans women are women, and we just want to function like every other woman in society,” Anderson said.

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Providence’s longest-serving police chief was totally fascinating

Benjamin Ham Child was wounded three times in the Civil War, earned the Medal of Honor, and as chief, proposed pensions for disabled police officers.

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Former Providence City Council candidate charged with violating campaign finance laws

Gerard Catala, now president of the Providence branch of the NAACP, is accused of failing to file campaign finance reports as required by state law.

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R.I. legislators call for using Medicaid funds to house people who are chronically homeless

Senator Joshua Miller says “the most effective preventative care mechanism (is) a roof.”

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Good news and bad news about Providence’s finances

The rainy day fund is nice and robust, but the city's payments to its pensioners continue to stress the budget.

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Senator Reed provides insights on sending tanks to Ukraine

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman also talks about the new Pawtucket/Central Falls train station and the presence of “tranq” in the local drug supply.

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R.I. Supreme Court asked to remove newly appointed Chariho school committee member

The legal battle reflects a larger ideological battle over public education, with a regional school committee split between liberals and conservatives.

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All eyes are on Chariho tonight

There's a school committee battle brewing in the Chariho Regional School District that could soon end up in a courtroom.

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Rhode Island political news: January 2023