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The House Ethics Committee investigation of Speaker Dean Plocher reminds me of the recent history of speakers who ended their time in office under a legal or ethical cloud. As The Independent has reported, Plocher sought House reimbursement for travel that had been covered by campaign funds. And he pressured House staff to go around the normal contract bidding process in […] The post Capitol Perspectives: Recognizing when it’s time to go appeared first on Missouri Independent.

“It wouldn’t be paid for by taxpayers — it would be paid for by the slobs that threw those bottles out in the first place,” said Bill McCusker, president of Friends of the Saugatucket.

PROVIDENCE — A week ago when the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness announced it would hold a rally Tuesday at the State House, the plan was to call on state leaders to allocate $30 million in the state’s fiscal year 2025 budget in order to maintain current services for homeless people. But when dozens […] The post McKee proposes budget fix to cover gaps in providing homelessness services appeared first on Rhode Island Current.

Dean Plocher stormed out of a press conference after refusing to answer questions about an ethics investigation Thursday.

Tensions on the House side of the Capitol have been building for weeks as the committee has slogged through multiple hourslong meetings over the past seven months.