Category: News

How can RI reduce the number of women in prison? Panel says transitional housing is a start.
The Providence Journal
January 21, 2023

Senate bill would create state Department of Housing: Senator Meghan Kallman introduces Create Homes Act, calling for $300 million in federal funds to launch effort to buy and build more homes in Rhode Island
The Boston Globe
May 13, 2022

Rhode Island Bill Would Tax High-Value Second Homes: A Rhode Island senator has proposed legislation that would impose a surtax on long-term assets and a fee on carried interest.
Tax Notes
April 29, 2022

Let’s find a way to help Rhode Islanders face retirement: Advocates say a voluntary RISavers program could be one way to help private sector workers save for retirement without creating new costs for employers
By Senator Meghan E. Kallman, Kristina Brown and Catherine Taylor
The Boston Globe
March 4, 2022

Would free RIPTA service take cars off the road? Advocates hope so
The Providence Journal
March 2, 2022

Interview by Chris Begley. Listen here. 

Read Senator Kallman’s Statement on the Tidewater site spill

See more from EcoNewsRI: State Lawmakers Question Handling of Seekonk River Oil Spills

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Read the opinion piece from Senator Kallman and Representative Speakman.