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 […]
Nick Mattiello
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RI House Finance Committee Approves $9.9B Budget
On a 12 to 3 vote, Rhode Island’s House Finance Committee moved quickly Friday night to approve a $9.9 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that cuts or eliminates many of Gov. Gina Raimondo’s spending proposals. The House budget includes about half of Raimondo’s proposed increase in pre-K seats, but it eliminates […]
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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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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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Bonus Q&A: Mattiello On Abortion, Guns. RI’s Economic Outlook & More
Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello.
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Political Roundtable: Mattiello On Labor-Backed Bills & New Push To Improve Schools
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello.
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Top RI Lawmakers Put Their Support Behind New Push To Improve Public Schools
A seven-bill legislative package unveiled by Rhode Island’s top lawmakers Tuesday was billed as a way to emulate Massachusetts’ success in improving public schools. During a Statehouse news conference, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Senate President Dominick Ruggerio were joined by fellow lawmakers in sketching out the plan. Efforts to improve Rhode Island’s under-performing public […]
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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 […]
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Bonus Q&A: Cassar On RI’s Hospital Landscape, House Factions, Dem Presidential Field & More
Rhode Island state Rep. Liana Cassar (D-Barrington) joins Bonus Q&A to discuss the state’s changing healthcare landscape, the factional dynamics in the RI House, the Democratic field for president, and more.
