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An array of Rhode Island federal, state and local officials helped cut the ribbon at Soria – a 63-unit all-affordable apartment complex on Frenchtown Road built with private, state and federal dollars. 

A recent Wall Street Journal analysis reveals a surge in stock trading by lawmakers and their families in early April, as President Trump’s shifting stance on tariffs sent markets into turmoil. But while some members cashed in, others are looking to highlight lawmakers’ trades and bar Congress from betting on Wall Street. Lisa Desjardins has the story.

To combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and protect U.S. coastal economies, Representatives Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), and Nick Begich (R-AK) have introduced the bipartisan Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act.

Rep. Seth Magaziner reintroduced a bill to crack down on illegal gun sales.

The Prevent Illegal Gun Sales Act focuses on strengthening measures for firearm dealers who are selling illegally, falsifying records and providing firearms to firearms traffickers.

The Trump administration is coming under scrutiny for deporting several U.S. citizen children along with their foreign-born parents.

Trump officials have defended the move, saying the minors were not deported, rather the parents have elected to take them along rather than be separated from their children.

President Trump’s new budget proposal calls for cutting the main source of federal funds for state and local libraries.

The president’s budget outline, released earlier this month, would eliminate a little known federal agency called the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Rep. Seth Magaziner provided an update on his push for a bill that would prevent members of Congress from trading stocks.

Magaziner told 12 News Friday he recently started meeting with other lawmakers who have proposed similar legislation to negotiate a “single, consensus bill” they can all get behind and work on passing.