Payback? Senate leaders say they're not behind challenges to colleagues who voted against them

More than a half dozen senators attended an event for a challenger to a senator who ran against Frank Ciccone in the race for ...
Marijuana Moment

Rhode Island’s US Senators Defend Vote To Ban Hemp Despite Concerns It Will Kill A Growing State Industry

At the urging of the vast majority of the state attorneys general, they voted to table an amendment to strip this provision.” ...

As income inequality grows, a state senator renews the call to strengthen Rhode Island’s safety net

We must not accept the increasing concentration of wealth at the top while ordinary people lack affordable housing, health ...
The Providence Journal

Government shutdown tracker shows how your Rhode Island senators voted. What to know

The U.S. Senate vote Oct. 15 to pass a stopgap funding bill to end the partial federal government shutdown failed. See how Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed of Rhode Island have voted each time.
WPRI 12

Bomb threats sent to top Democrats in RI Senate; authorities say they were hoaxes

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Police responded Thursday to bomb threats targeting the homes of at least three public officials in Rhode Island, including the top two Democrats in the R.I. Senate, ...
Badgers Wire

These are the wild-card GOP candidates who are running or might run for RI top offices

This list of potential GOP candidates does not include Senate Minority Leader Jessica de la Cruz, who is on the Republicans' ...