“Increasing the minimum wage ensures tens of thousands of working Rhode Islanders will earn enough money from their labor to not only get by, but enjoy all that our state has to offer,” said Patrick Crowley, President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. 

The Senate today passed legislation introduced by Sen. Mark McKenney (D-Dist. 30, Warwick) that would protect libraries and their patrons from partisan or doctrinal book-banning efforts and affirm the free speech rights of authors, publishers and readers in Rhode Island.