Rhode Island Senate
An update on the status of two old and one new ethics complaints, both reported by the ProJo’s Bruce Landis. First the new, from the ProJo’s : State Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III yesterday denied parts of the ethics complaint filed against him the day before and said that one element of it, his failure…
Perhaps I should say “election change”…? Today, the RI Senate is supposed to discuss and vote on: S0020 – “This act would reduce the waiting period required for disaffiliation with a political party from 90 days to 29 days.” S0760 – “…an individual cannot file a declaration of candidacy for more than one elected public…
On the face of it, the concurrent efforts of Senate Majority Leader Paiva-Weed (PDF) and House Speaker Gordon Fox (PDF) to promote charitable giving by ex-pat Rhode Islanders is a good bit of pragmatic lawmaking: The legislation would prevent the state from considering a person’s charitable donations as evidence when determining for tax purposes whether…
The Senate appears to be willing to tackle a couple issues that certainly seem to foster political corruption. S 0283, proposed by Senators Gibbs, Bates, Cote, Blais, and Breene, would amend the currently defined procedure for voting: Each person desiring to vote shall, before receiving his or her ballot, state his or her name and…
S 0271, proposed by Senators Maselli, Cote, Raptakis, and Felag, seeks to establish the Illegal Immigration Relief Act: It is hereby found and declared as follows: (a) That state and federal law require that certain conditions be met before a person may be authorized to work or reside in this country. (b) The unlawful workers…
It looks like the Senate is where momentum is building towards a decision on whether or not to allow more charter schools in the state. Right now, there are three bills on the table (that I’ve found, anyway). S 0238 was proposed by Senator Leo R. Blais (Deputy Senate Pro-Tempore) and simply seeks to revoke…