East Providence

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School Budget $3.8M Deficit Looming At last month’s School Committee meeting, new East Providence Superintendent of Schools Rob Perry described a school budget deficit that has been projected to …

Rehoboth

From the Town Clerk's Office

Hello All ~ Happy Fall !! I’m looking forward to the beautiful weather in Rehoboth; should be coming soon! Speaking of the Fall, I would like to remind all town residents that Town Offices …

Seekonk

Osamequin Farm and Country Carpenters Celebrate the Rebuilding of Hickory Grove

SEEKONK, MA — Osamequin Farm and Country Carpenters invite the community to a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, September 12, from 4 - 6pm, marking the completion of the Hickory Grove rebuild …

Classifieds

HELP WANTED

Seekonk Flea Market at the Seekonk Speedway is looking for someone to direct traffic, male preferred, every Sunday between now and December 7th, 7am-12pm, Call Linda at 401-263-5737.

CLEANING SERVICES

CM Cleaning Services Residential/Office:Weekly, biweekly, monthly ,post-construction. Free estimates, good references, affordable rates. Please call/text Marilyn 401-497-8770.

Statement of Interest, Notice of Claim & Acknowledge and Acceptance

https://shorturl.at/MZ6H3 Providence, Rhode Island April 9th See link for details of contact for our registry!

JUNK REMOVAL

BIG BLUE REMOVAL SERVICE: Attic, Cellar, Total House. We take everything! Furniture, Brush, Appliances, Yard Waste, Construction Debris, Trash…Demolition of Fences, Sheds, Decks, Pools. Let us …

Harvest for Heroes: Family Fun With a Meaningful Mission

This October, Poppy’s Crew invites the Rehoboth community to come together for Harvest for Heroes, a family fundraiser benefiting Wreaths Across America and our mission to remember and honor local veterans.

News & Notes from the Blanding Library

Annual Book Sale Oct. 9-11 We hope to see you at the Blanding’s annual used book sale and raffle this year, a three-day event sponsored by the Friends of the Blanding Library. Hours: …

October Adult Events at the East Providence Public Libraries

Fuller Creative Learning Center: • Charity Sewing - Tuesdays in October 12:30-3pm • Halloween Greeting Card - Thursday, October 1 6-7pm • Dungeons and Dragons*: The Keep on the Borderlands - …

Women’s A Cappella Chorus Invites Female Singers To Participate In Holiday Show

Harmony Heritage Chorus, the Pawtucket, RI chapter of Harmony, Incorporated, an international organization of female a cappella singers specializing in the barbershop harmony style, is inviting female singers of all ages and musical backgrounds to sing with them as guest singers in a special holiday concert to be held at the LaSalette Shrine auditorium in Attleboro, MA.

Rhode Island

Hasbro gives 587 Pawtucket employees till Dec. 24 to agree to Boston move or face job loss

Nearly 600 Hasbro workers currently based in Pawtucket will have to report to the company’s new Boston headquarters in January or else lose their jobs, according to an Oct. 8 notice filed with the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training. The toy and gaming empire’s relocation across state lines has been in the works […]

‘No Kings’ events return to Rhode Island Saturday with a new focus: early voting

A fresh round of “No Kings” events is happening across the state on Saturday, Oct. 17. This time around, organizers of at least 10 events planned so far across Rhode Island are emphasizing voting early. The focus is aligned with a push by national organizers to highlight early voting and protect voting rights, Rob Vitello, […]

Audit of Rhode Island’s housing office finds missing records, expired grants and oversight gaps

Two years after federal monitors found numerous problems with how grant money was tracked and spent by state housing officials, a new audit echoes many of those same problems. The 25-page report published Sept. 29 by the state’s Office of Internal Audit and Program Integrity found that the Rhode Island Executive Office of Housing (EOH) […]

Why older lawmakers may wait too long to step aside

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey is 80 and has served in Congress for half a century. His Democratic primary challenger in Massachusetts, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, is 47 and made generational change a centerpiece of his campaign. Markey won the […]

Why three red states are suing Mass. over abortion

The legal challenge comes as the country considers the messy legal question of whether reproductive care services are being provided where the patient is — which may be a state with a ban — or where the abortion medication is issued.

Complexity isn’t the issue. The Legislature’s dysfunction is.

The complexity of our few bills tells us very little, if anything, however, about the quality of the bills or of the process that produced them. In fact, the complexity of bills covering multiple topics often only adds to the dysfunction and underperformance of our Legislature.

Rather than a defense of their productivity, the Legislature’s reliance on omnibus bills should be an indictment

Democracy depends on being able to give positive and negative reinforcement to elected officials. Constituents should be able to praise legislators for what they do right and criticize them for what they do wrong. Omnibus bills weaken that ability, and that’s the point.

Omnibus bills enable opaque lawmaking

The modern trend of relying on omnibus bills for routine legislative work is not a neutral choice. It turns a simple democratic process into a labyrinthine ordeal.

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