Democratic attorney general candidate Joe Solomon Jr. has released his campaign’s first television ad as part of a six-figure shopping spree across broadcast television, cable and digital platforms. The 30-second spot “Safer” launches a week before early voting begins for the Sept. 9 primary and makes Solomon the last of the four Democrats in the […]

Most states have district attorneys to prosecute the highest crimes that happen in their jurisdictions — but not Rhode Island. Instead, felony prosecutions are the duty of the state’s attorney general, an office not quite judge, jury and executioner but one which holds more power than in other states. And with that power, as the […]

“Man, I sure wish this was a debate,” one candidate running to be Rhode Island’s next attorney general remarked during a two-hour forum Thursday night at the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence. It was by design. Organizers at the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island asked four of the candidates vying for the office […]