Rep. McNamara maintains the 1663 Royal Charter empowers the governor to create free trade zones, but R.I. Commerce officials ...

As the international trade war heats up, one Rhode Island lawmaker is proposing the state invoke its royal charter in order ...

State Rep Joe McNamara is suggesting that governor McKee use Rhode Island’s “royal charter” to establish a “free trade zone.” ...

Rep. Joseph McNamara believes that the 1663 royal charter allows Rhode Island to avoid federal tariffs on cars and other ...

Rhode Island Democratic state Rep. Joe McNamara wants to combat President Donald Trump’s tariffs by creating a free trade zone in the Ocean State. In a letter addressed to Democratic Gov. Daniel McKee ...

The portrait is on loan from the Museum of the American Revolution. It will be on display in the Royal Charter Museum, which is on the first floor of the Rhode Island State House, through June.