Voting & Elections 02.3.2024 Same-Day Voter Registration campaign seeks to increase voting access in R.I. Rhode Island's 30-day voter registration deadline is "one of the last remaining large, structural barriers to increased participation," says Marion. Read more >
Ethics & Accountability 02.2.2024 Ethics complaint against Shekarchi over 2017 wedding farm bill dismissed. Here’s why. Read more >
Ethics 02.2.2024 Ethics panel dismisses GOP complaint against R.I. Speaker Shekarchi John Marion's comment on the Ethics Commission's dismissal a complaint filed against House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi. Read more >
Ethics 02.2.2024 RI Ethics Commission dismisses complaint against Speaker Shekarchi Executive director John Marion's comment on the Ethics Commission's dismissal of a complaint against House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi. Read more >
Constitution, Courts & Other Democracy Issues 02.2.2024 As session begins, R.I. House requests no more than 15 bills per legislator John Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, raises opposition to House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi's calls for a 15 bill limit per each House member. Read more >
Media & Democracy 02.1.2024 McKee orders refunds after RIDOT charges news outlets for bridge docs “Given the extraordinary public interest in the bridge debacle it made no sense that RIDOT charged any media outlets for the records." Read more >
