Question of the Week: What does the new year hold for the power dynamic at the Statehouse? With that in mind, thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) Gov. Gina Raimondo […]
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Raimondo’s $10.2B Budget Includes State-Run Marijuana Shops & New Revenue For Housing
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s $10.2 billion budget for the next fiscal year proposes creating a series of state-run marijuana shops, calls for new revenue to build housing, and wipes out a $204 million deficit while avoiding broad-based taxes.
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Raimondo Pledges Support For Education, Job Training, Line-Item Veto & More
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo painted an upbeat economic assessment during her State of the State speech on Tuesday, vowing to create a dedicated funding stream for housing while investing more in job-training and education, and urging lawmakers to pass a line-item veto.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For January 10
Question of the Week: Is politics catching up with public opinion on gun issues in Rhode Island? Thanks for stopping by for my first weekly column of 2020. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) With this being an […]
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Bonus Q&A: Filippi On House GOP Priorities, Housing, Abortion Bill Fallout & More
RI House GOP Leader Blake Filippi of Block Island joins Bonus Q&A to discuss Republican priorities for the 2020 General Assembly session, efforts to reduce gun violence, whether the free market should rule on housing and regulating tech giants, and more.
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Political Roundtable: Filippi On Trump’s Iran Policy & The Outlook For Cutting RI’s Budget
RI House Minority Leader Blake Filippi (R-New Shoreham) joins Political Roundtable to discuss President Trump’s actions toward Iran, and the outlook for slimming down Rhode Island’s $10 billion budget.
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No Answer For Now On Whether David Dooley Will Continue As URI’s President
Will David Dooley continue as the president of the University of Rhode Island, the state’s flagship public university? The answer is unclear for now, less than six months ahead of the July 1 expiration of Dooley’s current three-year contract. Under state regulations, Dooley was slated to make his intentions known by January 1. Tim DelGiudice, […]
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Budget Deficit, Education, Guns, Housing Among Issues On Tap for RI General Assembly In 2020
Eliminating a $200 million deficit, supporting better public schools, improving the state’s housing stock and reducing the threat of gun violence are among the challenges facing Rhode Island lawmakers in their 2020 session. State representatives and state senators returned to the Statehouse Tuesday for the first day of the new legislative year. While the first […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For January 3
Question of the Week: What kind of year are we in for? With that in mind, thanks for stopping by for my first weekly column of 2020. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) With a new Rhode Island […]
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Bonus Q&A: DiPalma On Healthcare Landscape, Providence Schools, Climate Change & More
Sen. Louis DiPalma of the RI Senate joins Bonus Q&A to discuss an array of top issues facing the state, including whether efforts to improve public education are moving quickly enough, and whether the involvement of a large Massachusetts entity would help or hurt healthcare consumers in Rhode Island.
