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The battle over the control of the legislature’s Joint Commission on Legislative Services took a major turn on Tuesday when retired Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein ruled that legal arguments made by House Minority Leader Blake Filippi can be refi

By Jim Hummel, The Hummel Report PROVIDENCE — A veteran lawmaker is renewing her call for a legislative commission to take a closer look at how the state’s Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council operates and whether the agency needs a reorganization. “They’re making really important environmental decisions that are going to affect future generations beyond us,” said Rep. Deborah Ruggiero, a Democrat from Jamestown, who filed a bill late last week calling for a 15-member br...

Staffers are coming and going and where it stops nobody knows.   One Job, Two People — Combined Salary $319,162.63 Presently, the top position has two people serving— Shekarchi’s new JCLS executive director Henry Kinch has come over from the judiciary where he was the clerk of the court for Providence County and, the executive director Frank Montanaro continues in his role.  Montanaro continues to receive his salary but is only working on certain aspects of his job. According to Shekarc...