Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question 1 on the ballot in November asked voters whether Rhode Island should hold a constitutional convention. A State House ...

Rhode Island constitutional conventions past have taken on many shapes and sizes, from the 1973 convening that lasted a month to the 1964 affair that lasted four years. If voters in November say yes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joseph F. Rodgers speaks on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, before the bipartisan commission preparing a voter informational guide for ...

This year, Rhode Island voters are being asked to decide if the state should hold a constitutional convention. A constitutional convention − should a majority of voters endorse Question 1 in November ...

The question voters will decide next week is posed by law every 10 years in the state. If approved, each of the state's 75 House of Representative districts would elect a delegate to the convention.

When asked what a state constitutional convention might cost if called by voters in 2017, I said at a State Bar Association panel event that I had applied the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI inflator ...

We are of different parties and often disagree on the merits of policy. But we are totally aligned when it comes to our devotion and respect for the U.S. Constitution. We are also equally alarmed and ...

Legislation calling for an Article V convention to amend the U.S. Constitution has been gaining traction lately. An Article V convention has never happened before, and the U.S. Constitution contains ...