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2/16/2021 ARLENE VIOLET – Rhode Island politics doesn’t change much In the space of one week, changes in the Rhode Island political landscape have been breathtaking. Regrettably, far too often what made the public gasp was the sheer audacity of the actions taken by a politician. Here are some examples: Brett Smiley – Gov. Gina Raimondo’s chief of staff finally announced his resignation following a spate of campaign contributions from state vendors to his upcoming mayoral race in Providence. The mining of money from companies with whom the state does business for his campaign was unco...

Premium Content Subscriber only A South Grafton man has faced court after pleading guilty to being in possession of $700 of copper wire, allegedly stolen from a construction company working on the Clarence Correctional Centre project. Jay Petagna, 47, appeared in Grafton Local Court on Monday where he was convicted of receiving property involved in theft (value greater than $5000). According to court documents, the firm NJ Construction was contracted to undertake major electrical works at the Clarence Correctional Centre in 2019, and had set up an office at the old Clarence Valley Council ...

September 2014: General Treasurer Gina Raimondo takes 42% of the vote to beat Angel Taveras, Clay Pell and Todd Giroux in the Democratic primary for governor. Raimondo's pension cuts are a major issue, but unions opposed to her split between Taveras and Pell.  November 2014: With 41% of the vote, Raimondo defeats Republican Allan Fung and Moderate Robert Healey and is elected the first female governor in Rhode Island history. January 2015: Raimondo is inaugurated. The state has been climbing out of the Great Recession, but unemployment still lags neighbors. February 2015: Raimondo sugg...

down to the south, maybe a couple of showers. maybe a little bit of freezing rain down to the south. here in the d.c. area, not much going on. here is a look at the radar for this morning. you can see we are dry here in washington. again, just down to the south, a couple of areas where you are seeing a little bit of wintry mix, some rain mixed in with that, maybe near fredericksburg and salisbury off to the east. that is where you are likely to see a little bit of precipitation this morning or even today. right now, we are primarily in the 30s. here in d.c., we are at 33 degrees righ...

excess? hah >> he didn't care what anyone else thought of him. he was who he was. he was late coming to religion but he found it. he decided to become a christian. god was right there in the saddle with him. general once told me that he wouldn't give a glass of warm spit to an officer afraid of getting shot. stone wall use that same kind of analogy or feeling with every man under his command. you are all expendable because we are out there for its purpose. we are out there to do with the. run out of ballots, go to the bayo...