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Brett Smiley has the most cash on hand Brett Smiley netted just over $100,000 in the 1st quarter in his run for Mayor of Providence, but 95% of the donations were either from the affluent East Side or outside of the city of Providence. The lack of financial support from Providence residents other than in Wards 1, 2, and 3 points to a limited appeal or limited outreach — previously Smiley ran for Mayor in 2014 and served as a top staffer to Mayor Jorge Elorza and former Governor Gina Raimondo....

Super Bowl commercials would be better if these Rhode Islanders were crafting them Updated February 5, 2021, 8:13 a.m. Email to a Friend Will you be watching Tom Brady play for Tampa in the Super Bowl this weekend, or are you really just there for the commercials?Mark LoMoglio/Associated Press If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can  LEADING OFF Happy Friday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to e...

RIs portion of the settlement was announced Thursday. Rhode Island will receive $2.59 million in a multi-state settlement with McKinsey & Company, resolving investigations into the company’s role in working for opioid companies, helping those companies promote their drugs, and profiting from the opioid epidemic. "The settlement comes after lawsuits unearthed a trove of documents showing how McKinsey worked to drive sales of Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin painkiller amid an opioid crisis in the ...

Brett Smiley just raised big money in the race for Providence mayor He’s ready to import a significant uptick in contributions, including donations from the governor and her husband By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated January 28, 2021, 9:07 a.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo discussed COVID-19 cases in March 2020 while Brett Smiley, director of administration, looked on.KRIS CRAIG/THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL/POOL PHOTO If you have friends or relatives who would like their...

PROVIDENCE — The day after Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo surfaced as then President-elect Joe Bidens pick for commerce secretary, a representative of the "unofficial research arm of the Republican Party"  began poking into her ethics filings. On Wednesday, Jason Gramitt, executive director of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission, confirmed a request from Allan Blutstein, senior vice president of America Rising, for Raimondos financial filings during her four-year span as state treasurer....

GOP group, Fox News focusing on Raimondo ahead of Cabinet hearing Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © Brian Amaral, Kris Craig, The Providence Journ Published Caption: Raimondo [Kris Craig, The Providence Journal] Original Caption: Raimondo PROVIDENCE — The day after Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo surfaced as then President-elect Joe Bidens pick for commerce secretary, a representative of the "unofficial research arm of the Republican Party"  began poking in...

That Bob Walsh quote, from a 2016 story I did on Raimondo, is one glimpse. Today, a few more on Gina Raimondo’s personal side. I remember being surprised when I first sat down with her for a one-on-one in the governor’s office. She had an image as stern, so I expected that. The same “stern” behind her telling everyone to “knock it off” over bad pandemic behavior. So I asked her if she was a humorless policy wonk. It got a laugh. “Almost every day, people will say to me some versio...

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo sparked criticism this week after she was photographed attending a wine and paint event at a Providence bar just four days after urging others to avoid nonessential activities. “Please, stay home except for essential activities & wear a mask anytime you’re with people you don’t live with,” the Democratic governor tweeted to her 92,000 followers on Dec. 7. On Dec. 11, Mrs. Raimondo was spotted with her husband, Andy Moffit, at a wine and paint night hosted...

Rhode Island Governor Attends Wine and Paint Event After Urging People to Avoid Nonessential Activities Newsweek 12/17/2020 Matthew Impelli © Joseph Prezioso/Getty Governor Gina Raimondo (C) addresses protesters, saying a prayer with them and telling them she will listen and work with them, after they called for her to come out and hear their demands during a Black Lives Matter rally on the steps of the State House in Providence, Rhode Island on June 5, 2020. Rhode Island G...

"Certainly if we had enough money, I would have thought about shutting more of them," Raimondo said in an interview about her future policy goals. "Every decision to shut down has impacts," she said. "Every time, you know you are saving lives but ruining livelihoods." Raimondo has faced steady criticism from small business advocates for not spending more of the states $1.25 billion in federal CARES Act aid on helping businesses, but said shes proud she kept $100 million of the money to help wi...