PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed says she is stepping down from the Senate for a job leading a hospital industry group.
The Democrat made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. She says she will become president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, which represents 10 of the state’s hospitals.
Her new job begins May 1.
Paiva Weed, of Newport, was first elected in 1992. She became the first female Senate president in state history when fellow senators in the heavily Democratic Senate selected her for the job in 2008.
