Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed into law a bill ensuring abortion rights in the state after the legislation moved through both chambers of the General Assembly Wednesday with unusual speed.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For June 14
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) If you told close legislative observers a few years ago that the General Assembly is on the cusp of passing a bill to ensure […]
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Senate Democrats Use Obscure Rule To Save Abortion Bill For Another Vote
Rhode Island Senate Democrats used an obscure legislative rule Tuesday to stop the chamber’s top two Republicans from defeating a bill meant to ensure abortion rights in the state, and to instead transfer it to a different committee, Health and Human Services, that has more abortion rights supporters, for a vote on Thursday. Senate Minority […]
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Revised Abortion Bill Expected To Win Senate Judiciary Committee Approval
A revised bill meant to ensure abortion rights is expected to win approval Tuesday from the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee, The Public’s Radio has learned. In one significant step, Sen. Stephen Archambault (D-Smithfield) — who was the swing vote when an earlier Senate version of the legislation was rejected last month — is now […]
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Committee Vote On RI Abortion Bill Slated for Tuesday
The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote Tuesday on a version of a bill meant to ensure abortion rights in the state. The committee last month rejected a Senate version of the bill on a 5 to 4 vote, while holding the House version for further study. The House of Representatives had […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For May 24
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. Back in 2010, someone warned that Rhode Island was hurtling toward a worsening fiscal crisis, due to the crushing weight of unfunded public pensions and […]
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Senate Judiciary Chair ‘Extremely Hopeful’ Revised Abortion Bill Will Pass Committee
Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Chairwoman Erin Lynch Prata (D-Warwick) said she’s “extremely hopeful” that a bill meant to ensure abortion rights will move ahead to the full Senate before the General Assembly ends it session. Lynch Prata tells The Public’s Radio that Senate President Dominick Ruggerio has assigned a small working group of senators to […]
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Scott MacKay’s Commentary: Room For Compromise In The Abortion Rights Debate
In Rhode Island last week, efforts to codify Roe v. Wade stalled, but the political analyst for the Public’s Radio, Scott MacKay, says Rhode Island lawmakers offer a sliver of hope for finding agreement on this divisive issue.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For May 17
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. The outlook for the effort to pass an abortion rights bill in Rhode Island appeared dim Tuesday evening. That was when the Senate Judiciary Committee, […]
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Efforts To Move Forward RI’s Abortion Bill Are Continuing
Following the Tuesday defeat of a bill meant to ensure abortion rights, conversations and meetings aimed at moving the legislation forward are continuing, according to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Dawn Euer (D-Newport) said supporters are pursuing “the goal of protecting women in light of the national picture.” She said Alabama’s enactment […]
