Rhode Island Current

COMMENTARY: In response to Rhode Island’s daunting housing affordability challenges, state policymakers have advanced key policy initiatives. While progress has been made, it hasn’t been felt by the vast majority of Rhode Islanders, write Michael DiBiase and Jeffrey S. Hamill of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC).

Rhode Island’s housing policy needs fundamental changes to produce real returns on investment • Rhode Island Current Despite major housing investments, Rhode Island is producing too few affordable units at too high a cost. Policymakers must rethink the approach.

A bill to ban certain rodenticides statewide passed the Rhode Island House Wednesday. The Senate passed a companion bill May 26. Now each chamber must pass the other’s bill before the legislation can head to Gov. Dan McKee’s desk.

Rat poison ban clears both chambers of RI General Assembly • Rhode Island Current A bill to limit the sale of certain rat poisons in Rhode Island has passed both the House and Senate. The legislation, aimed at protecting natural predators, now awaits final concurrence votes before it could head to the governor's desk.

The Rhode Island Senate on Thursday confirmed Scott Rabideau as the sixth and final appointee to the CRMC.

RI Senate confirms final member to retooled CRMC • Rhode Island Current The newly reshaped Rhode Island Coastal Management Council (CRMC) is set, with the Rhode Island Senate confirming Scott Rabideau as the sixth and final appointee in a uananimous vote on Thursday.