And then, they got back down to the business of wrangling votes ahead of a Democratic Caucus at 4 p.m. on Tuesday to nominate ...

Rhode Island Democrats will hold a caucus Tuesday to determine who they want to succeed late Senate President Dominick ...

Newly elected Senate Majority Leader Valarie Lawson, who is also the president of the National Education Association Rhode Island. The announcement of the alliance between the left-leaning Lawson ...

Lawson is also president of the state’s largest teachers ... Frank Ciccone (D-Providence, Johnston) would seek the second in command position of Senate Majority Leader as part of the ...

Several Rhode Island lawmakers are entering the running to take over as Senate President in the wake of the Monday death of ...

The president pro tempore, third in the line of presidential succession, is typically the longest-serving senator from the ...

A majority of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday backed one-time U.S. Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China, a position the ...

Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio's funeral ... Ryan Pearson is also vying for a leadership position. Ciccone's stance on gun control has drawn both support from gun rights advocates ...

The funeral procession of former RI Senate president Dominick J ... not to vote for the conservative Ciccone for a leadership position because his voting history has gone "against the values ...