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Cumberland Parents Pack Meeting to Fight Redistricting Map
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (819+ words) More than a dozen residents told the Cumberland School Committee they oppose the draft redistricting map. The committee tabled a $4,950 invoice that would bring its transportation consultant back in person October 1. No boundary change was voted on; a redistricting vote…...
Winners without majorities
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1015+ words) Uprise RI feature · 2026 Democratic primary · unofficial results Each oval = 791 registered voters. 1,000 ovals = everyone. Everyone who could vote Rhode Islanders were registered to vote on Tuesday. That is the whole page of ovals. Every one of them will have the Democratic…...
Jamestown Council Funds $275K Fort Getty Bathroom Redo
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (661+ words) Jamestown's council funded a $275,000 renovation of the Fort Getty lower bathroom, approved $192,695 for court repairs and tabled a $40,000 netting project. Fort Getty's lower bathroom is slated for a full interior rebuild; the Lawn Avenue tennis and basketball courts get a…...
RI Primary: McKee, Smiley, Grebien Lose Renomination
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (809+ words) Helena Foulkes defeated Gov. Dan McKee, David Morales defeated Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, and Adam Greenman defeated Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien in Wednesday's Democratic primaries. Results remain unofficial pending certification. The primary replaced three sitting Rhode Island leaders on the…...
Morales Beats Smiley in Providence Mayoral Primary
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (578+ words) State Rep. David Morales defeated incumbent Mayor Brett Smiley in Providence's Democratic mayoral primary Wednesday, with Smiley conceding as unofficial results still stood. Morales advances to the November 3 general election. Providence is Rhode Island's largest city, and the primary result…...
Foulkes Defeats McKee in RI Democratic Primary
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (741+ words) Helena Buonanno Foulkes defeated Gov. Dan McKee in Wednesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary, denying a sitting governor his party's nomination. The state's results remained unofficial as of this morning. Rhode Island's next governor will inherit the Washington Bridge replacement, housing costs…...
Narragansett Council Seals Kingstown Road Property Minutes
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (341+ words) The Narragansett Town Council met privately Tuesday to discuss the possible purchase or lease of real property on Kingstown Road, then voted to seal the minutes of that closed session before returning to open session and adjourning to its regular…...
Chariho Committee Rejects Trans Sports Legal Opinion Bid
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (558+ words) A Chariho School Committee member asked for a legal opinion on barring transgender girls from girls' sports, citing the June Supreme Court ruling. The request drew three hands in favor and failed. No change to Chariho athletics policy. The committee…...
About 1,600 Barred From Voting in RI Prisons
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (227+ words) The Sentencing Project used the eve of Rhode Island's primary to press the state to let people serving felony sentences vote. Its latest estimate puts that group at about 1,600 — and changing the rule would take a voter-approved constitutional amendment. Rhode…...
Rhode Island Political Texts: Why Do Not Call Won't Help
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (476+ words) State law already bars unsolicited commercial texts to Rhode Islanders, but nothing at the state or federal level gives voters a reliable way to stop campaign texts once they've said no. Whether that changes depends on choices at the FCC,…...