Rhode Island House

Watching the House: Civil Unions

By Marc Comtois | February 8, 2007 |

Representatives Paul Crowley, Elaine Coderre (Deputy Majority Whip), John Patrick Shanley, Donald Lally, and J. Russell Jackson have proposed H 5356, which seeks to establish legal Civil Unions in Rhode Island. 15-3.1-2. Requirements. – For a civil union to be established it shall be necessary that the parties to a civil union satisfy all of…

Watching the House: Stop State Employee Insurance Buyouts

By Marc Comtois | February 8, 2007 |

While some are privileged enough to get regular emailings from the General Assembly, the rest of us can still keep an eye on the Bills being proposed in either the Senate’s or the House’s daily proceedings. Now, even if most of the legislation proposed by the the Republican delegation stand about as much chance of…