PROVIDENCE -- A Senate committee voted this evening to approve a bill sought by the criminal-defense lobby to automatically “quash and destroy’’ criminal records, no matter how serious the crime. The bill introduced by Rep. Joseph Almeida, D-Providence, was passed...
Journal photo / Frieda Squires Mike Garcia of Hope High School, Providence; Andrea DeBarros, Shea High School, Pawtucket, and Kevin Manuel, Mount Hope High School, Bristol, are among 30 students statewide who have been spent the week learning about...
House Speaker William J. Murphy, one of state government's most powerful figures, announced today that he will seek re-election to the House. If he keeps his House seat, Murphy will also seek support in January for a fourth term as...
WASHINGTON – Almost as soon as the Senate took up a bipartisan $300-billion deal today to pull the U.S. housing industry out of its downward plunge, obstacles to its passage appeared, including a veto threat from the White House. That...
A bill that would speed up the release of public records –– including police reports –– in Rhode Island is on its way to the House floor for a final vote. The proposal would amend Rhode Island’s access to open...
PROVIDENCE -- The 9-hour budget debate last night was just the beginning. After passing a budget, the House must now move on to the real work of voting on hundreds of bills still before them this session. Legislative leaders had...