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U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, is set to reintroduce a bill Monday that would guarantee paid time off for all full-time employees.
The Protected Time Off (PTO) Act is meant to highlight how paid vacation strengthens certain industries like tourism and hospitality, according to a release from his office. [...] Read full article.
U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., has secured five amendments in the $832 billion Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2026, which received House approval July 18.
The Republican-led chamber approved the bill 221-209. It is now before the Senate. [...] Read full article.
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.
The project, 10 years in the making, was originally conceived by Cove Homes, a nonprofit developer affiliated with the East Greenwich Housing Authority, when the state Dept. of Transportation put the parcel just west of Route 4 up for sale.
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. [...] Read full article.
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.
But attorneys for the families involved in such cases say their clients were given little notice and forced to make split-second decisions about what to do with children born in the United States.
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).
The proposed cuts weren’t exactly a surprise.
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.