Politics

Search Posts

Recent Posts

Categories

Subscribe!

An artist's rendering of a school building.

Apr 6 2022

Johnston children will get all new, transformed school buildings as residents say ‘yes’

By RINewsToday | Apr 6, 2022
Johnston voters approved bonds of over $215 million in a special town referendum held April 5th. This enables the town's ...
The 4th amendment poster.

Apr 5 2022

Cranston case upholds 4th Amendment’s protection of privacy rights in the home

By RINewsToday | Apr 5, 2022
ACLU, CRANSTON SETTLE MAJOR “SEARCH AND SEIZURE” CASE THAT WENT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT The question before the court: ...
A man and a woman talking on a video.

Apr 3 2022

In the Arena – Angelica Infante-Green & Javier Montanez – Providence schools

By RINewsToday | Apr 3, 2022
Each Sunday, Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews a person with important messages for Rhode Island. This week Paolino interviews both the ...
A photo of a man with the words'taricani lecture series on first amendment right'.

Apr 3 2022

Taricani Journalism Lecture at URI

By RINewsToday | Apr 3, 2022
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters to discuss their craft in Taricani Lecture Series ProPublica’s Kathleen McGrory, Neil Bedi to give virtual lecture ...
A drop of water on a blue background.

Mar 31 2022

RI Infrastructure Bank Awards $827K for four water systems

By RINewsToday | Mar 31, 2022
The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank today announced the award of $827,000 in water quality grants to 4 public water systems ...
James mcdonald, acting director, ri department of health.

Mar 27 2022

In the Arena – Joe Paolino, Jr. with Dr. James McDonald, RIDOH

By RINewsToday | Mar 27, 2022
Each Sunday, Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews a person with important messages for Rhode Island. This week Paolino interviews Dr. James ...
Rhode island stand with ukraine flyer.

Mar 25 2022

RI Vigil for Ukraine – Saturday, 4pm, RI State House

By Michael Fine | Mar 25, 2022
A broad coalition of community, government, and religious leaders will gather together this Saturday, March 26th at 4pm on the ...
A statue of an angel on top of a building.

Mar 24 2022

The Budapest Accords – America’s direct commitment to Ukraine – Jack Partridge

By Jack Partridge | Mar 24, 2022
by John J "Jack" Partridge, contributing writer You may be surprised that my column today isn’t directly about an ‘only in ...
A woman kneeling down in a room with a bag of sand.

Mar 22 2022

The rites of spring brings the RI budget process – Richard Asinof

By Nancy Thomas | Mar 22, 2022
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: In a 2020 photo, Karen Rathbun, vice president of administrative services at Community ...
A woman helping an older woman on a computer.

Mar 21 2022

Bill would (re)create a RI Department of Healthy Aging – Herb Weiss

By Herb Weiss | Mar 21, 2022
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues (This article has been updated) There are new efforts on Smith Hill ...