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Rhode Island received $646.2 million in school stimulus funds during pandemic
The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that Rhode Island received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $646.2 million, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
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Conservatives defend recent Arizona voting laws, criticize Northeastern election measures
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) recently accused the conservative policy advocacy organization Heritage Action of supporting voter suppression in Arizona and other states.
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Former Virginia AG: 'Georgia's changes are meager in comparison' to Rhode Island's voting laws
The reforms Georgia has made to its election laws under Senate Bill 202, signed in March by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, have been under attack by progressives with charges that the new law suppresses the minority vote.
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Biden calls Georgia law 'Jim Crow in the 21st Century,' but poll shows support among voters
Georgia's move to enact new voting laws has received criticism from President Joe Biden, who on March 26 called the then-recently passed Senate Bill 202 "Jim Crow in the 21st Century" in a statement published by CNN.