Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a six-part series on state legislative races, chosen based on expected competitiveness between candidates and relevant issues to the district. Of the 113 seats in the Rhode Island General Assembly, all of which are elected every two years, 22 have primaries in September. A mayoral veto has at […]

When David Morales was elected to the State House in 2020, then-Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza called to congratulate him and invited the freshman lawmaker to meet the next day, offering advice about governing and public service.  Six years later, Elorza formally endorsed Morales’ bid to unseat Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. “If you’re a voter who […]

Is a mayor tasked with managing a city’s realities, or helping make new ones? These two ways of thinking about governance provided the central tension during a mayoral debate at the Rochambeau Library on Providence’s East Side Thursday evening. A crowd quickly filled the six dozen or so seats set between the library’s DVD collection […]