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Common Cause Rhode Island Warns Elections Officials of Voting Rights Act Violations in Primary Election
“Despite being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice, the City of Pawtucket failed its voters during the recent primary election."
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Over 30 Community Organizations Rally for Same Day Voter Registration
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‘Relentless grind’: Providence City Council is a big job. Some members aren’t always doing it.
"Certainly the fact that it is very low-paying, that’s kind of a reflection of the value that has pervaded for a long time in America – that legislatures should be made up of regular citizens or residents of the state or city that they’re representing."
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Presidential campaign accused of putting dead people on RI nomination papers
The good news? These signatures didn't get far.
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Baby Bonds, $100M history center, ‘assault weapon’ ban: What RI’s state officers want in 2024
Common Cause Rhode Island's top legislative priority for 2024 is same day voter registration.
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Is Peter Alviti the messenger of bad news? Or the cause of it?
The role of oversight in the I-95 Washington Bridge closure.
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As more sexual harassment allegations come to light, McKee’s ethics appointee withdraws. What we know.
Gov. Dan McKee's appointee to the Ethics Commission resigned Friday, with the governor's office acknowledging the "vetting process was not adequate."
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New RI Ethics Commission appointee steps down
“We hope that future appointments will be chosen carefully and held to a high standard."
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Ethics appointee quits, Governor’s office admits mistake
Why Bryant Da Cruz resigned from the Rhode Island Ethics Commission.
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R.I. Ethics Commission appointee resigns after Globe investigation into sexual harassment complaints
Governor Daniel McKee’s office “acknowledges vetting process was not adequate.”
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New R.I. Ethics Commission appointee faced sexual harassment allegations from six women
Common Cause RI says Bryant C. Da Cruz is “unfit to serve on such an important body.”
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Statement from Common Cause RI on Resignation of Bryant Da Cruz from the Rhode Island Ethics Commission
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‘It does not look good’: Westerly solicitor in the hot seat over shoreline access representation
Westerly’s town solicitor has raised doubts about whose interests he’s serving in critical ongoing legal cases related to shoreline access.
