REPORT: Remote Access to Public Meetings Post-Covid (May 2023)

Document Date: May 31, 2023

This report summarizes how Rhode Island’s 39 city and town councils and 34 municipal school committees — two of the most important public bodies in any community — are operating in terms of providing remote public access and participation as of May, 2023.

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