When the committee revealed that no official test had been done to check for black mold before the work began, state officials ordered one. The report, which was released on Monday, found no black mold.… MORE
Category Archives: Politics
Reform group proposes new way to draw legislative districts
A government reform group in Rhode Island is trying to change the way legislative district lines are drawn in the state after the census. … MORE
In embarrassing twist, Democrats have no Iowa caucus results
Technology problems and reporting “inconsistencies” kept Iowa Democratic Party officials from releasing results from Monday’s caucus, the much-hyped kickoff to the 2020 primary. It was an embarrassing twist after months of promoting the contest as a chance for Democrats to find some clarity in a jumbled field with no clear front-runner.… MORE
Trump acquittal now likely Wednesday; Senate nixes witnesses
Trump’s acquittal is all but certain in the Senate, where his GOP allies hold the majority and there’s nowhere near the two-thirds needed for conviction and removal.… MORE
Rhode Island Senate approves ban on 3D printed guns and ‘ghost guns’
Rhode Island’s Senate approved a bill Wednesday to ban 3D-printed guns and so-called ghost guns that are untraceable.… MORE
Mattiello faces criticism over Convention Center audit
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello recently ordered a performance audit of the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority through the legislature’s Joint Committee on Legislative Services, as the agency was dealing with a personnel issue involving one of his campaign donors.… MORE
GOP lacks votes to block trial witnesses, McConnell concedes
Republicans lack the votes to block witnesses at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded late Tuesday, a potentially major hurdle for Trump’s hopes to end the trial with a quick acquittal.… MORE
Democrats demand Bolton testify at Trump’s impeachment trial
Bolton writes in his forthcoming book that Trump told him that he wanted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid from Ukraine until it helped him with investigations into Biden. Trump’s legal team has repeatedly insisted otherwise.… MORE
Rhode Island Convention Center Authority seeks State Police investigation into Mattiello audit threat
WPRO’s Dan Yorke has obtained a letter from Rhode Island Convention Center Authority chair Bernard Buonanno and Executive Director James McCarville to Rhode Island State Police Colonel James Manni requesting a formal investigation into House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s threat of an audit, “the motivation behind it, and if any laws have been broken.”… MORE
Speaker Mattiello drops audit of convention center
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello canceled an audit of the Rhode Island Convention Center on Thursday after the top House Republican filed a lawsuit accusing him of abusing his power.… MORE
There is no custom code to display.
