Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty is expected to introduce a resolution Tuesday evening in support of the city’s attempt to recruit the Pawtucket Red Sox…
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TGIF: 22 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Blink a few times and fall will be here before we know it — right? — so enjoy summer while you can. Meanwhile, thanks for stopping by for my weekly…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Did Raimondo Veto the Wrong Labor Measure?
This summer, there was good news and bad news for public employees. RI Gov. Gina Raimondo vetoed legislation that would have kept their labor contracts…
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Lawsuit Charges Pawtucket Police Department Is Violating Open Records Law
A lawsuit filed by the Rhode Island chapter of the ACLU charges that the Pawtucket Police Department is violating the state’s open records law by…
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Your humble correspondent never expected to be in the Statehouse for a budget vote in August . Then again, Rhody politics is full of surprises, right?…
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Political Rountable: Igliozzi On RI’s Budget Impasse, Pension Reform & Immigration
Providence City Council Finance Committee Chairman John Igliozzi joined Political Roundtable this week to discuss how a budget impasse affected the…
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Raimondo’s Campaign Balance Tops $2.6M
Governor Gina Raimondo has a campaign balance of more than $2.6 million at the end of the second quarter of 2017. That dwarfs the $180,000 balance held…
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
The calendar keeps zipping along, with August coming up fast. So thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. Your tips and comments are welcome and you…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Of Mass and RI, Raimondo and Baker
Charlie Baker, a Republican in Democratic Massachusetts, is a popular governor. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat in a Democratic state, has…
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Meeting With Municipal Officials, Raimondo Raises Attention On RI Budget Impasse
Governor Gina Raimondo ramped up attention on Rhode Island’s month-old budget impasse by meeting Thursday with more than 24 city and town leaders.