City & Government

Newport City Council will host their next Regular Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 24th at 6:30 pm at City Hall. The agenda can now be seen here, or as a PDF below;

Newport City Council held a joint workshop with Newport School Committee on Thursday, April 11th. The meeting focused on the school budget and lasted approximately 1 hour and 54 minutes.

Representative Lauren Carson (D-Dist. 75, Newport) today honored the Rhode Island League of Women Voters on its upcoming centennial with a resolution presented to representatives of the state chapter. “The League of Women Voters has always advocated tirelessly to shape public policy in support of greater equality, voter access and participation, health care, education, employment […]

Mayors and town managers voted today to affirm the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns position against the General Assembly’s proposal (H5662 and H5663) to limit the management rights of cities and towns and allow the state to interfere in local governance decisions. While Mayors and Town Managers may differ on what staffing and […]

While the 25th annual KIDS COUNT report shows some positive signs in addressing childhood poverty, affordable housing, and healthcare among the state’s 207,000 children, it also says that nearly one in five children live in poverty, and nearly 1,600 school children are homeless. The report was presented this morning at a gathering of nearly 600, […]

The following announcement has been provided by Newport Public Schools. On Wednesday, March 27th SkillsUSA Rhode Island awarded 300 medals recognizing student achievement at The Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence. Students from the Newport Area Career & Technical Center received fifteen (15) of those medals: 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze. The Newport Area Career […]

Rep. Terri Cortvriend (D-Dist. 72, Portsmouth, Middletown) has introduced a resolution requesting that Rhode Island public schools incorporate environment and climate literacy into school curricula to ensure that young Rhode Islanders understand the environmental challenges they will face in their lifetime. The idea was a recommendation of “Resilient Rhody,” the statewide climate resilience action strategy […]

The Newport City Council will host their next regularly scheduled Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 10th. Here’s what’s on the agenda;

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced in a press release today that they have asked the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to “formally rescind the Sakonnet River Bridge 2013 Revised ROD (Record of Decision).” The request was made in a letter sent to the FHWA Division Administrator, according to the release. The 2013 ROD, […]

Newport, RI – The Alliance For A Livable Newport held a State Of The City of Newport Public Forum on Thursday, March 28th.Mayor Jamie Bova, City Manager Joe Nicholson, Council Vice Chair Susan Taylor presented comments about how our city is doing, their comments were followed by a Q & A session. Below is the […]

Representative Susan Donovan (D-Dist. 69, Bristol, Portsmouth) has introduced a bill to protect the environment and wildlife by banning the intentional release of balloons into the air. “We are known as the Ocean State and for our beautiful beaches. We must keep them clean and safe not just for people, but for wildlife. Plastic pollution […]

During a 3 hour and 12 minute meeting on Wednesday night, Newport City Council spent a good amount of time discussing two resolutions that would generate more revenue for the city. During discussions, several City Council members brought up that these two resolutions were introduced to them during a recent City Council and Legislature Workshop. […]

Dudley Poston, Texas A&M University A partisan battle is brewing over the 2020 census. In March 2018, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross instructed the U.S. Census Bureau to add a new question to the 2020 questionnaire, asking respondents whether they were citizens of the U.S. This decision led to a host of legal challenges. Social […]