A protester holds up a sign in the hallway at the Rhode Island State House during Gov. Dan McKee’s State of the State 2025 address on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)
The second floor entrance to the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives will remain closed when Gov. Dan McKee unveils his 2026 State of the State address next week. But the rest of the State House will remain open for members of the public to exercise their constitutional right to assemble and speak out .
That is the plan per an agreement announced Tuesday by the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as part of a lawsuit against the McKee administration for blocking off the rotunda during last year’s “People’s State of the State” rally…