Warwick City Council President Steve Merolla is running for the state Senate being vacated by Senate Judiciary Chairwoman Erin Lynch Prata, The Public’s Radio has learned. Merolla is a partner in Merolla, Accentturo & Lough. Merolla resumed the council presidency in 2019, when he had almost 20 years of experience on the panel. He has […]
Erin Lynch Prata
Posted inArticle, Politics
Lynch Prata Seeking Nomination to RI Supreme Court
Sen. Erin Lynch Prata, chairwoman of the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee, is applying for a pending vacancy on the state Supreme Court and seeking a related advisory opinion from the Ethics Commission. “As a sitting State Senator, serving as the Chairperson of the Judiciary Committee, I appreciate that my application for a prospective judicial […]
Posted inArticle, Politics
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 […]
Posted inArticle, Politics
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 […]
Posted inArticle, Politics
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 […]
