One million dollars in funding for an alternative medical program in Cranston was cut from Rhode Island’s budget last week, in a controversy that critics say illustrates a lack of transparency in the process.
Gina Raimondo
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For June 21
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. It’s partially done, due to the House budget vote, and will be updated later. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello defends the inclusion of […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For June 14
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) If you told close legislative observers a few years ago that the General Assembly is on the cusp of passing a bill to ensure […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For June 7
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. At least until this week, the future of Rhode Island’s healthcare landscape was arguably the most important under-reported story in the state. So many things […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For May 17
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. The outlook for the effort to pass an abortion rights bill in Rhode Island appeared dim Tuesday evening. That was when the Senate Judiciary Committee, […]
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Womazetta Jones Unveiled As Nominee To Lead RI Health & Human Services
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo on Wednesday unveiled Womazetta Jones as her nominee to lead the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the sprawling secretariat that delivers services to about a third of the state’s residents. “She is a mission-driven, values-driven professional with a 25-year track record of success and system transformation in social […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For May 10
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) Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello is suggesting that the legislative budget for the next fiscal year will include new measures meant to improve […]
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Raimondo Tells Municipal Leaders She’s Undecided On Continuing Contracts Bill
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said Wednesday she is unsure if she will sign a continuing contracts bill cruising through the General Assembly. Speaking with reporters after having met earlier with the leaders of Providence, Johnston, Central Falls and other communities, Raimondo said she took as legitimate their concerns about decreased negotiating leverage and potentially […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics & Media Roundup For May 3
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) If not now, when? That’s a pertinent question for efforts to improve Rhode Island’s locally administered pensions. As General Treasurer Seth Magaziner detailed, in […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For April 26
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) The continuing contracts bill sailed through the Rhode Island House Tuesday on a 60-to-8 vote. This followed dire predictions from city and town officials […]
