Downsizing in Rhode Island.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

Budgets aren't the only things shrinking in the states, so are legislatures--at least in Rhode Island. The General Assembly is working on eliminating a quarter of their legislative seats (from 100 to 75 in the House and 50 to 38 in the Senate) in a downsizing approved by voters in 1994. Rhode Island's downsizing is the largest on a percentage basis since Illinois and Massachusetts each cut their respective House chamber by 33 percent in...