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Council Member Keith Stover began the joint meeting of the Town Council and the Housing Board discussing the “moment in time” Block Island finds itself in, where the Town Council is talking about affordable housing, the community is talking about...
The Town of New Shoreham has retained the Mayforth Group to provide lobbying services for Block Island with the state and federal government. Council Member Mark Emmanuelle said it was “one of those issues we’ve talked about for a long time,”...
The New Shoreham Town Council will meet via telecommunication pursuant to State of Rhode Island Executive Order 22-01 dated January 6, 2022 as amended. Open Session Zoom access: dial toll free for cellular phone or landline (888) 788 0099; (833) 548...
Through thick, thin, and even a pandemic that virtually shut down legislating last year, Rhode Islanders stuck by their lobbyists. Ocean State companies and organizations spent $12.4 million in lobbying fees in 2020, according to a summary of reports filed with Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea's office. That's around $100,000 more than state-registered lobbyists collected in 2019, despite being mostly exiled from the State House last March and told that almost no new policies would pass. Good work if you can get it. And maybe not as surprising as it may seem. After all, since th...
Peter Neronha, Attorney General Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha raised $80,025 for the last quarter of 2020 and a large segment of it came from donations tied to a number of politically linked law firms, State House lobbyists, and from some select marijuana interests. Neronha entered the quarter with just $48,731.61 on hand and with the fourth quarter fundraising haul, he now has $126,873.04. As a candidate, Neronha pledged, “As Attorney General, on behalf of the people of Rhode Island, I’ll make sure that all public officials, elected or appointed, serve the public, not thems...