A long-awaited report from Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office says McKee ignored the findings of a state review team in awarding the lucrative contract to ILO Group, but concluded there's not enough evidence to file a criminal bribery charge.
School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan says the committee favors asking voters to approve additional borrowing, and city officials say it could take another $37.8 million to complete the projects
Mayor Kenneth Hopkins said city officials have discussed using rat birth control or importing possums, while City Council member Robert Ferri said, “I’m sad to say that the rats are in every ward now.”
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, R.I. AFL-CIO President George H. Nee looks back on decades as one of the state’s main labor leaders and looks forward to retirement and labor’s future goals.
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies previews priorities for the upcoming R.I. legislative session, including family leave, baby bonds, and a millionaire’s tax.
State Democratic Party Chairwoman Beretta-Perik said the party took extra steps, including a Senate District 8 committee vote for Lori Urso to replace Sandra Cano as the Democratic candidate.
“To get back to the foundation of who I am, and where I’m from, has been one of the greatest gifts that I’ve gotten,” Mazzulla told the crowd. “So thank you to everyone.”
Some blast Rhode Island’s $2.3 million pot of funding for legislative grants as a “slush fund,” but Assembly leaders say the small grants help community groups fulfill their missions.
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Mayor Hopkins and state Representative Fenton-Fung even disagreed on whether they would dine at Twin Oaks or Mike’s Kitchen.
Yacht Club Soda, based in North Providence, will now pit Donald’s Trumpian Punch against a new flavor named for the new Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris.
The Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus celebrates passage of rent-hike notification and domestic worker minimum-wage laws, and calls for a higher tax rate on the rich.