Rhode Island Liberator

AFSCME’s Vaccination Bonuses are the Shot in the Arm We Need

We should be so lucky if AFSCME’s COVID retention bonuses lead to similar bonuses in the private sector.

One Wikipedian’s design decision has influenced RI flag design for over a decade.

There’s a serious constitutional hurdle in Rhode Island to majority vote systems like instant-runoff voting and top-two nonpartisan primaries.

A high-turnout special offers some lessons about elections in RI.

A five-way race with a set of strong candidates means that anyone could win, but will a base matter more than money?

A progressive cold war goes hot as the Cooperative plays its hand strategically for itself and not for the state’s progressives.

The race is on to unseat McKee, but right now, it’s all about managing perceptions.

Why does everyone but the people of Providence get a say in what happens to Providence public schools?

Constituents may not be represented if they never get a chance to vote anyone else.

If you want a better class of legislator, then you have to pay people what they’re worth.