New Haven, CT (February 3, 2012) – Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE) is deeply appreciative the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has reconsidered its new funding criteria, effectively eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood services. Planned Parenthood...
BY Jim Baron
PROVIDENCE – Combining legislators, activists and women’s rights groups, the Rhode Island Choice Coalition held a rally in the Statehouse Rotunda Thursday in anticipation of Sunday’s 39th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that...
Providence – Today the Rhode Island Choice Coalition gathered to commemorate the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down on January 22, 1973. Senator Josh Miller, Representative Edith Ajello, Representative Teresa Tanzi and leaders from community...
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island has received a $5.2-million federal grant to continue its work developing a health-insurance exchange, a cornerstone of the federal health-care law.
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Republican Senators filed 75 amendments on the state budget Monday before debate began at around 4 p.m. this afternoon. It’s unclear how many of them they planned to call, but one of those amendments so infuriated Democratic lawmakers that they held a press conference to address it.
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As state senators debate Governor Dannel Malloy’s $40.1 billion budget through Monday night and into early Tuesday morning, they may spend some time discussing a controversial amendment posed by newly elected state Sen. Len Suzio (R-Meriden) that was the focus of a Democratic press...
When the recent bitter battle between Republicans and Democrats over the budget became deadlocked, a total shutdown of the federal government was avoided with only an hour and a half to spare. Positions had become so hardened that legislators we talked to even at the last minute were not betting...
Members of Wesleyan Uncut, Wesleyan University’s new student group which promotes sexual dialogue on campus, released a video March 10 in support of Planned Parenthood's federal funding.
The video has since received more than 320,000 views on YouTube and brought the...
Given the amount of attention paid to it during last week’s budget cliff-hanger in Washington, you could be forgiven for thinking Planned Parenthood was a contender on a bizarre congressional version of “America’s Got Talent.” Vote it out! Vote it in! Keep the audience...
If you're seeking some comic relief, and you're not Sen. Jon Kyl, look no further than Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
The comedians took after the Arizona Republican for his wild misstatement during last week's shutdown showdown of the percentage of Planned...
