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Rhode Island election rules crush the competition. Here’s what can be done about it.

  • Matt Ulricksen

This is the year of uncontested elections in Rhode Island. The dearth of contested General Assembly seats is well documented. The dearth of contested town and city council seats is less so.  Republicans fielded no candidates in the at-large races for the South Kingstown and North Kingstown town councils, while Democrats sat out the at-large […]

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Rhode Island energy costs are soaring. So are political tensions.

  • Nancy Lavin

In declaring a state of emergency over rising energy prices, Gov. Dan McKee simultaneously declared war on the environmental groups, lawmakers and state regulators who he alleges are standing in the way of relief for struggling families. “Anybody who tells you that what we’re proposing is not helping people pay their utility bills, they’re basically […]