How Immigration Enforcement Is Harming Kids, and What Congress Must Do Now

It falls short in its honesty, its innovation, and the evidence.

Without leadership and swift, coordinated action, the state risks being overwhelmed by both the scale of the financial burden, and the bureaucratic complexity imposed, writes state Senate Finance Chai...

Twenty states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court in Rhode Island to stop the Trump administration from restricting access to health, education, and social service programs f...

The federal funding, which was expected on July 1, impacts thousands of students who are learning English, attend after-school programs, or are adult learners.

As state policymakers work to address the huge budget shortfalls created by the federal government’s enactment of H.R. 1, state early childhood policy advocates are the next line of defense against cu...

A Moral Gut-Check

Rhode Island has the resources and flexibility to design a more just and effective Rhode Island Works program, two legislators write

At the two-month mark of Donald Trump's presidency, the risk for transgender people has deteriorated nationwide. The United States now carries a "Do Not Travel" rating for transgender people.

State senators push for urgent reforms after Anchor Medical announced its imminent closure, leaving 25,000 patients scrambling amid a shortage of primary care providers.

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders are being asked to participate in the 7th annual RI Life Index survey. The index is meant to assess Rhode Islanders’ perceptions about their ability to be healthy and well...

Students are more engaged when they feel their schools seek their voice; this blog includes data on what strategies might be most effective for schools.

This General Assembly session, we need to expand and strengthen policies and investments we know are working, write members of the Women's Fund of Rhode Island.

We do not protect children, adolescents, or students by denying them access to books. We harm them, and our country, writes a law professor and leader of the Rhode Island Freedom to Read Coalition.

On February 25, 2025, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing to discuss the issue of President Trump’s Executive Order 14160, which attempts to gut the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright cit...

Duffield & Leong: Nearly half of these at-risk students regularly miss class. Some common-sense approaches to finding & bringing them back to school.

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

Artists no longer need to attest that they will not “promote gender ideology” to apply and the NEA’s funding bar will be decided by the Court

RI Works is the state’s cash assistance program for children and their parents or caregivers and a work preparation program for adults. The Raising RI…

The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to scale back or abolish the U.S. Department of Education, which oversees federal funds for things like special education services...

The 45 small, one-room structures on state-owned land behind the Foxy Lady strip club have been in the works since 2020. Homelessness in Rhode Island has more than doubled over that time.