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活动：2024 年民主卫士庆典将于 10 月 10 日星期四举行
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Political Scene: Much is on the line as R.I. legislature prepares to redraw districts
For Rhode Island election reform advocates, the problem isn’t the firm that was hired to do the study, but the system that gives Assembly leaders effective control over the shape of their colleagues’ districts.
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State Senator proposes reforms to voting, campaigning accessibility
State Senator Gayle Goldin (D-Providence) sponsored five bills proposing various reforms to the way Rhode Island voters and candidates participate in the electoral process.
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State Senator proposes reforms to voting, campaigning accessibility
State Senator Gayle Goldin (D-Providence) sponsored five bills proposing various reforms to the way Rhode Island voters and candidates participate in the electoral process.
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Campaign Finance Advocates Renew Push To Make Rhode Island Elections More Competitive
A newly introduced bill in the General Assembly aims to make legislative and statewide elections in Rhode Island more competitive by giving under-funded candidates financial help against deeper-pocketed rivals.
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Good government group proposes a new public financing system
A good government group is proposing a public financing system for candidates seeking a seat in the Rhode Island General Assembly.
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Meltdown in RI House over Black History Month speech
An extemporaneous speech Tuesday afternoon about Black History Month devolved into a tense shouting match on the Rhode Island House floor involving the deputy speaker and multiple lawmakers of color.
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R.I. Supreme Court justice violated state ethics code, board finds
Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Francis X. Flaherty said it never crossed his mind to mention he was president of the St. Thomas More Society of Rhode Island on his annual state financial disclosure form, even while he was on the bench for an appeal of a priest sexual abuse case.
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Mayoral appointment of second cousin is not nepotism in RI
The Rhode Island Code of Ethics restricts government administrators from hiring or appointing nearly four dozen branches of their family trees, including grandfather-in-law, step-nephew, and uncle-in-law, but for blood-relatives, the line was drawn right before their cousin's children.
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Committee Begins Work To Ensure Accurate 2020 Census Count
State leaders are worried Rhode Island will be undercounted in the 2020 Census. A group of volunteers, including elected officials, policy makers, activists, and members of the private sector are trying to change that.
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Rhode Island could lose one of its two U.S. House seats and maybe federal money too. Can it come together to ensure an accurate census count?
The last time a U.S. census form arrived in the mail, Marcela Betancur helped her mother fill it out.
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EP mayor’s office says ‘misunderstanding’ caused police to withhold info
East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva's aides said Tuesday there had been a "misunderstanding" between his office and the city police department over whether cops need to go through them before releasing information, and that no changes will be made for now.
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Dueling bills call for early voting in Rhode Island
Rhode Island lawmakers this year will likely be confronted with two competing proposals to make it easier to vote before Election Day, as state elections officials warn of possible calamity if laws are not changed before 2020.
