January 31, 2020
EcoRI News, Staff, January 30, 2020- PROVIDENCE — Dave McLaughlin of Clean Ocean Access put it best when he described the latest bill for a statewide ban on plastic shopping bags: “It’s like a test. You want a 98 but you’ll take a 91,” he said after a Jan. 29 …
April 27, 2018
Ammoland, Staff, April 26, 2018- The Fire Marshal was on hand at the Statehouse Tuesday afternoon as NRA members and Ocean State gun owners rallied to oppose the latest wave of gun control bills. As previously reported, almost two dozen gun bills were on the agenda in the House Judiciary …
April 25, 2018
NRA-ILA, Staff, April 19, 2018- A marathon gun bill hearing is on tap for next Tuesday night in Providence, and NRA and local pro-Second Amendment groups are calling for all-hands-on-deck. April 24 will be a busy day with 19 gun bills making the agenda for what figures to be an …
April 4, 2018
EcoRI News, Staff, April 2, 2018- The forces working for and against a statewide ban on plastic retail bags and polystyrene containers clashed during a recent House committee hearing. Like past efforts, elected officials expressed their interest in a ban but lacked a consensus for passing a bill. Rep. Robert …
March 5, 2018
Up Rise RI, Steve Ahlquist, February 27, 2018- Providence City Council President David Salvatore and the crest of the city council today announced their intention to request legislation that would enable Rhode Island municipalities to regulate firearms. The proposed legislation would remove section 11-47-58 – The Firearms States Preemption clause – of Rhode Island’s Criminal …