Common Cause Rhode Island is pleased to announce that the 2026 Champions of Democracy Celebration and Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2025 from 5:30-8:00 PM at The Guild in Pawt...

Common Cause Rhode Island is pleased to announce that the 2026 Champions of Democracy Celebration and Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2025 from 5:30-8:00 PM at The Guild in Pawt...

Common Cause Rhode Island is pleased to announce that the 2026 Champions of Democracy Celebration and Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2025 from 5:30-8:00 PM at The Guild in Pawt...

The League of RI Businesses has begun to execute on a plan to sidestep state limits on campaign donations, using 40 linked political action committees to funnel $50,000 to five Democratic state legisl...

The head of a good-government group said failing to disclose the donations “reflects a profound lack of judgement” by the four JNC members.

K. Joseph Shekarchi, who is still a state representative, has a pending case before the Ethics Commission over whether he violated the state’s “revolving door” policy.

Former R.I. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi is vying for a position on the R.I. Supreme Court.

“It is not a good thing for democracy when voters don’t have a choice at the ballot box,” Common Cause R.I. executive director John Marion said.

Providence Superior Court Judge Richard Licht, who himself once sought a Rhode Island Ethics Commission opinion before joining the bench, will hear former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi's lawsuit a...

Presiding Justice Montalbano, a former Senate president, assigned former House speaker Shekarchi’s case to Judge Licht, a former senator and administration director whose interest in a judgeship raise...

Join us for a conversation on the growing influence of artificial intelligence and the role it plays in surveillance, elections, civil rights, and media. This virtual event, part of Common Cause Rhode...

If you agree that every eligible voter deserves to have their voice count, you can take action from home or in person by serving as a nonpartisan Election Protection volunteer.

Join us for a conversation on the growing influence of artificial intelligence and the role it plays in surveillance, elections, civil rights, and media. This virtual event, part of Common Cause Rhode...