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Governor McKee Announces Choice For Department Of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, & Hospitals (BHDDH) Director

Governor McKee Announces Choice For Department Of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, & Hospitals (BHDDH) Director

  Governor Dan McKee and Health and Human Services Secretary Womazetta Jones today announced Richard Charest as their choice to lead the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH). The Governor has submitted Charest’s name to the Rhode Island Senate for their advice and consent. “As our administration begins to address the long-standing challenges facing the Department of Behavioral Healthcare,[Read More…]

by — May 26, 2021 — 0 comments — Politics
Rhody Democratic Women's Caucus Weighs In On Contentious Ward 15 Special Election

Rhody Democratic Women’s Caucus Weighs In On Contentious Ward 15 Special Election

The Rhode Island Democratic Women’s Caucus is pleased to announce its endorsement of Doris De Los Santos for city councilor of Providence’s Ward 15 in a special election on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.In considering this endorsement the Women’s Caucus recognized Ms. De Los Santos’s extensive experience in public service and community engagement, which is consistent with the Women’s Caucus mission of[Read More…]

by — May 26, 2021 — 0 comments — Politics
McKee: State House Will Reopen On Limited Basis Beginning June 1

McKee: State House Will Reopen On Limited Basis Beginning June 1

The offices of the Governor, Lt. Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of State, Speaker of the House and Senate President today announced plans for a safe and responsible reopening of the Rhode Island State House, beginning with a limited reopening on Tuesday, June 1. All offices reached a consensus on operations and policy for reopening following a joint planning meeting convened by[Read More…]

by — May 25, 2021 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties

Pump Up The Volume! Host: Dr. Luis-Daniel Muñoz Guest: Kiah Bryant Direct Action For Rights & Equality

Originally Broadcast: 5/4/21

by — May 19, 2021 — 0 comments — Pump Up The Volume
NEVER AGAIN RHODE ISLAND: RHODE ISLAND RESIDENTS-THE WYATT IS AN EXPENSIVE DISGRACE

NEVER AGAIN RHODE ISLAND: RHODE ISLAND RESIDENTS-THE WYATT IS AN EXPENSIVE DISGRACE

  AT A HEARING FOR THE RHODE ISLAND STATE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, CONSTITUENTS MADE THEIR VOICE HEARD ON A SLATE OF BILLS THAT WOULD SHUT DOWN RHODE ISLAND’S ICE DETENTION FACILITY   Dozens of Rhode Island residents called in to a State Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today to testify in favor of a slate of bills that would end all[Read More…]

by — May 18, 2021 — 1 comment — Civil Liberties
McKee Administration To Partner With Hospital Association-Rhode Island & Care New England To provide The State With Independent Third-Party Peer Review As Part Of Overall Reevaluation Of Eleanor Slater Hospital

McKee Administration To Partner With Hospital Association-Rhode Island & Care New England To provide The State With Independent Third-Party Peer Review As Part Of Overall Reevaluation Of Eleanor Slater Hospital

Local physicians and hospital executives will conduct a peer review to help ensure appropriate, quality care is provided for some of the most complex medical and psychiatric patients in our state As part of an overall reevaluation of Eleanor Slater Hospital, Governor Dan McKee today announced a partnership between the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), the Hospital[Read More…]

by — May 18, 2021 — 0 comments — Politics
Rhode Island House Minority Leader Filippi Statement On Passage Of The IGT/Twin River 20 Year, No-Bid Gaming Contract

Rhode Island House Minority Leader Filippi Statement On Passage Of The IGT/Twin River 20 Year, No-Bid Gaming Contract

Rhode Island House Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi offers the following statement regarding the passage of the amended legislation authorizing the Governor to negotiate the IGT/Twin River 20-year, no-bid deal: “Tonight, members of the House Minority Caucus offered numerous, substantive amendments to improve the meager jobs mandate and woeful financial percentages in the gaming contract bill. It has been a[Read More…]

by — May 12, 2021 — 0 comments — Politics
More Than A Cancelled Fundraiser: Did Dan McKee "Cancel" His Center Right Support

More Than A Cancelled Fundraiser: Did Dan McKee “Cancel” His Center Right Support

The ascension of Dan McKee to the Governorship of Rhode Island brought high hopes to Moderate Democrats & Centrist (Often Closeted) Republicans across Rhode Island. Frustrated with outgoing Governor Gina Raimondo’s clutch on the purse strings of Federal Covid Relief Funds, originally destined for business relief, yet quarantined to provide coverage for a bloated state budget, the cavalry seemed on[Read More…]

by — May 10, 2021 — 0 comments — Politics
"The Governor has walked away from us in my opinion, so I’m walking away from him!"

“The Governor has walked away from us in my opinion, so I’m walking away from him!”

Restauranteur Dave Levesque: Proprietor Brewed Awakenings has essentially dismissed Governor Dan McKee. In a damning email, he essentially dismisses the efforts of McKee & Temporary DLT Honcho Matt Weldon, to address the “Underemployment Crisis” as “Weak Kneed”. Apparently, Weldon had implied a compromise had been met with competing legislation designed to incentivize a return to the work place.  And then,[Read More…]

by — May 7, 2021 — 2 comments — Politics
COMMUNITY GATHERS OUTSIDE STATE HOUSE CALLING ON LAWMAKERS TO “INVEST IN US, TAX THE RICH”

COMMUNITY GATHERS OUTSIDE STATE HOUSE CALLING ON LAWMAKERS TO “INVEST IN US, TAX THE RICH”

  ELECTED OFFICIALS, LOCAL LEADERS USE SPEECHES, ART TO DEMAND STATE’S HIGHEST-INCOME EARNERS REINVEST PANDEMIC PROFITS BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITIES Community leaders, advocates, and lawmakers gathered outside the Veterans Memorial Auditorium—the temporary meeting place of the RI House of Representatives—on Thursday with a clear demand: it’s time to invest our communities’ well-being by raising revenue from the top 1% highest[Read More…]

by — May 6, 2021 — 0 comments — Politics
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