In May 2026, The National Women’s Law Center Action Fund (NWLCAF) submitted testimony to Members of the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee. NWLCAF wrote to express strong support for the package of reforms contained in Senate Bills 2938, 2939, and 2947. Taken together, the bills would bring new transparency into Rhode Island’s judicial selection process, […]
Author: Erin Weber
On October 1, 2025, the federal government shut down—a shutdown that would become the longest in United States history. It was the Republican-controlled Senate that could not, for 41 days, agree on a funding agreement. Even before that, it was the Republican-controlled House that refused to negotiate with Democrats for months to draft a funding […]