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STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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2/21/24
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U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined Care New England and hospital leadership to tour the construction site of the new Brown University Labor and Delivery Center and the …
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8/24/23
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Warwick’s own K. Joseph Shekarchi was reelected Speaker of the House at the opening session of the House of Representatives Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 64 to 8 with two abstentions. The …
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Warwick legislator cites housing as challenge, bio-life science field as opportunity
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1/4/23
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The stakes for charitable organizations were high as a select group of 36 state legislators, media personalities and notables took to the tables Wednesday at Twin River to play black jack. Hosted by …
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12/13/22
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The questions
Warwick state Senate and Representative District candidates were asked the following questions:
1. Now that a federal judge has ruled truck tolls unconstitutional as a means of …
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10/27/22
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Editor’s Note: We failed to include the statements of Republican candidates running in Senate District 29 when featuring the remarks of Warwick primary candidates in last Thursday’s …
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9/7/22
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By ALEX MALM
Senate District 29 candidate Jennifer Rourke is calling for her Democratic opponent Michael Carreiro to drop out of the race and to resign from his position as President of …
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7/13/22
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By ALEX MALM
|For the past 28 years Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey has represented District 29 in Warwick. On Monday he announced he wouldn’t be going for a 30th …
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6/30/22
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By ALEX MALM
The State House was filled with those on both sides of the issue last Friday as the House had a rare Friday session to vote on various gun legislation. The three bills …
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6/15/22
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The Senate approved Tuesday a resolution sponsored by Sen. Joshua Miller asking the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation and the Department of Environmental Management to study ways to expand …
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6/8/22
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By ALEX MALM
Lisa Morse, a lifelong Warwick resident is the latest candidate to announce intentions to run for state Senate District 31. Morse plans on running as a Republican.
“I’m …
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4/27/22
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In releases issued Tuesday President of the Senate Dominick J. Ruggerio (D-Dist. 4, North Providence, Providence) announced committee appointments for Sen. Kendra Anderson (D-Dist. 31, Warwick, Cranston) and Sen. Jeanine Calkin (D-Dist. 30, Warwick).
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/14/21
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By JOHN HOWELL In seconding the nomination of Rep. K. Joseph Shekarchi as Speaker of the House, Rep. Katherine Kazarian characterized the Warwick legislator as "e;not your average Joe."e; She was right in more ways than one. Shekarchi, who is known for being
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/7/21
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The Senate has approved several judicial appointments that will help diversify the state court system, including the first person of color to the Supreme Court and appointments that will result in the first majority-female Supreme Court, the first
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12/24/20
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By KEVIN MOCLAIR The battle between progressives and moderate Democrats that defined the 2020 Rhode Island Senate primary elections carried into the nomination process for majority leader and president at the Providence Marriott on Friday evening,
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By KEVIN MOCLAIR
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11/12/20
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By LAURA WEICK After being targeted online by racist comments, an African-American Rhode Island State Senate candidate has urged citizens to speak openly about race. Jennifer Rourke, a Democrat running to represent District 29 in Warwick, held an online
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By LAURA WEICK
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6/4/20
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey (D-Warwick) and House Majority Leader (D-Warwick) stopped by to talk shop about the upcoming legislative session.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/28/17
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