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Rep. Julie Casimiro, a North Kingstown Democrat, is seen during a hearing of the Rhode Island House Committee on Innovation, Internet and Technology on Feb. 11, 2025.
The Rhode Island State House, where the House of Representatives on Friday evening was debating a record state budget proposal of $14.13 billion.
A detailed analysis of why Rhode Island's House speaker and Senate president hold so much power can be found in a 2014 cover story by Philip Eil in the Providence Phoenix, titled "The Seat of ...
William John Murphy (born January 4, 1963) is an American attorney and was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing the 26th District from 1993 to 2011. He served as the 221st Speaker of the House from January 7, 2003, to February 11, 2010, when he handed over the gavel to his majority leader, Gordon D. Fox.
The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the upper house being the Rhode Island Senate. It is composed of 75 members, elected to two-year terms from 75 districts of equal population.
A companion bill will be introduced in the House by Rep. June Speakman, D-Warren, according to Reclaim Rhode Island. This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Bill to tax 'house ...
Morales is a supporter of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. [13] In May 2021, the RI House of Representatives passed a pathway to the $15 minimum wage which will gradually increase the minimum wage from its current $11.50 an hour to $15 by January 1, 2025.
Other bills in the package are slated for committee votes on Tuesday, on their way to potential votes by the full House on Thursday, ahead of the lawmakers' weeklong spring break.