If the Transportation and Climate Initiative is enacted, ride sharing app drivers would feel the impact.
The proposal, a 12-state pact of New England and Mid-Atlantic states, would implement fees on fuel providers based on their carbon emissions. The revenue is supposed to go towards funding public transportation. For drivers, it would result in gasoline prices increasing by as much as 17 cents per gallon.
The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in West Warwick, Rhode Island issued a flier the mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade listing the names of every state representative and state senator who voted for a bill last year making abortion legal though all nine months of pregnancy.
Father Richard Bucci, 72, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, didn't back down when contacted by The Providence Journal, saying his parishioners should know about their elected representatives.
