1) Is Gordon Fox going to be charged with something? The raid by federal and state authorities happened last March. This stunning event was immediately followed by a complete reshuffling of the House deck. The new speaker, Nicholas A. Mattiello, was first elected to represent Cranston in 2006 by a margin of 1775 votes and […]
Government corruption in the Rhode Island State House has almost lost its power to shock — see ProJo, Thomas Morgan “In R.I., a history of law, politics at odds” — still the sight of state and federal authorities raiding the State House office of Speaker of the House Gordon Fox on Friday felt new and
For committees in the General Assembly “held for further study” is the procedural equivalent of “we’re taking the cat to a nice farm in the country.” Bills held for further study tend to disappear. One bill in particular — H 5498, letting voters decide whether to amend the R.I. Constitution to restore the Ethics Commission’s