Joseph Shekarchi has been officially re-elected speaker of the RI House for two more years in a party-line vote of 62 to 10. Enrique Sanchez abstained, and was the only Democrat who didn’t vote for Shekarchi
RI House is about to reduce the amount of affordable housing requirements for cities and towns. 🙄
Now is not the time to be reducing affordable housing from 25% to 15%.
https://t.co/qmgn8XWEXg
McKee's office confirms GoLocalProv report that @RIDOTNews COS John Igliozzi held a fundraiser on evening of peak bridge chaos and the governor "did briefly attend that event and then returned to the State House."
@RIGOPChairman's thoughts 👇
Congratulations to @gabeamo - probably the real front runner all along. Let’s hope he represents RI well. Good to see RI sending our first POC to Congress.
Amo, a Democrat and the son of West African immigrants, is poised to become the first Black person ever to represent Rhode Island in Congress. https://t.co/IBEMa4G7bq
Did you ever notice how weirdly shaped Rhode Island’s congressional districts are?
I did, so I wrote about it and why they are that way (along with their political implications).
https://t.co/QKNO8ETJjg