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(The Center Square) — New York is leading a coalition of Northeast states in suing the Trump administration to block agreements with two energy companies that would scrap several offshore wind projects, claiming taxpayer money is being used to pay off the companies.
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(The Center Square) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee was defeated by Democratic challenger Helena Foulkes in Wednesday's elections, becoming the first incumbent governor in eight years to lose a primary.
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(The Center Square) – A Pennsylvania-based free market think tank released its latest report grading state public sector labor laws on Tuesday, tracking how government unions have worked to advance pro-union legislation at the state level in the wake of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME.
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(The Center Square) – The typical American has to save for at least a decade to afford a home in their state, despite the federal government spending nearly half a trillion dollars on housing programs since 2015, a new report reveals.
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(The Center Square) – Senate Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday to impose 18-year term limits on U.S. Supreme Court justices by statute, a route that would sidestep the constitutional amendment such a change has long been thought to require.
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(The Center Square) – Massachusetts and Rhode Island are the latest states to be sued by the Department of Justice in a national effort by the Trump administration to challenge state laws that allow in-state tuition and taxpayer-funded financial aid to “illegal aliens.”
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A bill that would require Rhode Island grocery stores to limit self-checkout lanes has been signed into law.
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A bill that would add restrictions to self-checkout lanes has passed the Rhode Island Senate.
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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied hearing a case challenging the handling of donations in the Catholic church.
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As Rhode Island families face unaffordable health care costs and limited access to timely care, state lawmakers have a clear opportunity to enact meaningful reform that prioritizes patients.
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(The Center Square) – As the U.S.-Iran conflict continues with no end in sight, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth dodged questions from U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in congressional hearings Tuesday.
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(The Center Square) – Democratic officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia announced Friday they're suing to block President Donald Trump’s recent executive order regulating mail-in and absentee ballots.
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(The Center Square) – Residents in New England pay more for electricity than nearly all others, according to the Energy Affordability 2026 report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
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