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As Raimondo departs for Washington, D.C., her legacy is in the hands of a successor she didnât pick
Is Lt. Gov. Dan McKee willing to stick with Raimondoâs playbook on health care, education, and R.I.âs economy?
By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated January 7, 2021, 9:34 p.m.
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PROVIDENCE â Ask those who are ideologically left of Governor Gina Raimondo, and theyâll tell you sheâs a union-busting pension reformer whose primary interest is handing out tax breaks to her bigwig campaign donors.
Those to the right of Raimondo would have you believe that sheâs a bleeding heart liberal who put tolls on highways, tried to grab everyoneâs guns, and then became a dictator during the COVID-19 pandemic, destroying small businesses in the process.
Friday briefing: Back on Twitter, I m outraged says Trump
Top story: ‘Only wanted to ensure integrity of vote’
Donald Trump has publicly renounced further efforts to overturn the US election results and have himself returned as president. In a video on his reinstated Twitter account, the president pretended not to have precipitated the violence at the Capitol, saying “My only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote” – despite no evidence that the election was unsafe or unfair – and that he was “outraged” by what happened. He called for a smooth and orderly transition of power. Welcome to the Briefing – I’m Warren Murray, here to walk you through the key points.
Associated Press ALBANY For months, as they planned for a possible resurgence of the coronavirus, New York’s leaders talked about how a strict set of scientific metrics would guide decisions about whether to reimpose restrictions and closures that helped tame the virus in the spring. But as COVID-19 has made its expected comeback, several statistical thresholds that were once supposed to trigger shutdowns have been eased or abandoned. The latest example came this week, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo made clear he had reversed course on a plan to force schools to switch to remote-learning in regions where 9% or more of the people who seek coronavirus tests are found to have the virus.
Betsy DeVos Resigns a Day After Pro-Trump Mob Storms U.S. Capitol 4 min read
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the U.S. Department of Education building on July 8, 2020. DeVos resigned her position Thursday.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Share article Copy URL
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos submitted her resignation Thursday, just a day after a violent insurrection in Washington that attempted to stop Congress’ certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Her departure from President Donald Trump’s administration followed a string of resignations from the upper ranks of the executive branch following the violence at the U.S. Capitol, including another Cabinet official, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.