Foreclosure protection law set to expire July 1, a bill would keep it in place
Nearly 10,000 homes went into foreclosure during the mortgage crisis in Rhode Island. Then, in 2013, the General Assembly passed the Foreclosure Reduction Act, which mandated banks to work with homeowners before repossessing property. Since then, the law helped some 600 Rhode Islanders avoid losing their homes. But the Foreclosure Reduction Act is set to […]
Politicians, activists and survivors cheer as domestic violence gun bill becomes law
It was standing room only in the State Room at the State House this afternoon as activists, survivors, and elected officials gathered to witness Gov. Gina Raimondo sign the Protect RI Families Act, which restricts access to firearms for domestic abusers. Gov. Raimondo, in introductory remarks, noted that elected officials always tend to offer prayers […]
Like Senate, House should vote to end death-in-prison sentences for children
Currently Rhode Island law permits youth under 18 to receive life and other lengthy sentences with no opportunity for parole, meaning they have to spend decades in prison without any chance at review.
Paiva Weed, Mattiello have different agendas on racial issues
Legislative leaders offered a glimpse into their plans to address institutional racism in Rhode Island this session when commenting on a new ACLU report that shows often wide racial disparities in school discipline, traffic stops, arrests and prison populations – “the school-to-prison pipeline,” according to the report. “The troubling issues raised in the ACLU report […]
Jim Vincent, NAACP, ‘strongly supports’ repeal of voter ID
“The NAACP wants to make voting easier,” said Providence chapter President Jim Vincent, “not harder.” That’s because voter ID laws tend to disenfranchise minority voters, though Vincent says he’s confident Rhode Island’s law wasn’t intending to that, as he said is the case in other states. Instead, he warned of “unintended consequences.” Jim Vincent later […]
President Obama on Voter ID and voter suppression
On Friday afternoon President Obama was in New York City speaking at the National Action Network’s annual convention about Voter I.D. bills and Republican led efforts to restrict voting rights. Here in Rhode Island, of course, efforts to restrict voting rights with Voter I.D. laws have been lead by Democrats, and at the Senate Judiciary […]
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