With one week until the November election, Common Cause Rhode Island announced the start of its 2024 Election Protection Program. The voting rights group is looking for poll monitor volunteers to join its nonpartisan effort to assist voters—answering questions and helping them navigate obstacles to the ballot box. The program is part of the largest, […]
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Progressives had tough elections in Rhode Island in 2022
It would appear that one major takeaway from the 2022 election – nationally, statewide and locally – is that the extremes did not do very well. In Rhode Island, while Democrats took all statewide general officer positions and again solidly maintained control of the state Senate and state House of Representatives, members of the Rhode […]
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Johnston voters approve $215 million school construction bond
Johnston voters went to the polls today to vote in a special referendum special election. The question was to approve or reject spending $215 million on school and school facilities. Out of the 23,980 total voters in Johnston, 1,278 voted (5.33%) in the special referendum – 1,110 (86.07%) voted to approve and 178 (13.93%) voted […]
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Election 2022: Magaziner raises $1 million plus, and wins another labor endorsement
Magaziner has successful fundraising quarter General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, a candidate for the second Congressional seat, said today on a WhatsUpNewp videocast that he raised $1.4 million in the quarter that ended March 31. Official reports are not due until the end of the month. Magaziner said he was pleased that 70 percent of the […]
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Gubernatorial race shaping up to be an Ivy League competition
The Ivy League will be on full display in Rhode Island’s Democratic gubernatorial primary election – Brown, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Yale. This week’s announcement by Helena Foulkes, a former CVS top executive and former CEO of the parent company of Saks’ 5th Avenue, assured this to be among the most elite group of candidates to […]