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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. Smiley topped the other leading mayoral candidates Gonzalo Cuervo and Nirva Lafortune in fundraisin...

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 everything happening in the Ocean State. I’m Dan McGowan and I’m picking the Chiefs in the ...

RI's 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 United States that has contributed to the deaths of more than 450,000 people over the past two deca...

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 own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can  LEADING OFF Happy Thu...

PROVIDENCE — The day after Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo surfaced as then President-elect Joe Biden's 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 Raimondo's financial filings during her four-year span as state treasurer. Dated Friday, Jan. 8 at 2:11 p.m., the email read, in part:   "Good afternoon.  Please accept ...