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State Rep. Michael Chippendale says Rhode Island has the worst maintained bridges in U.S. and second worst maintained roads

June 22, 2012

Rhode Island has the "worst maintained bridges in the United States of America . . . and we have the second worst maintained roads [behind]…

Rep. John Edwards says decriminalizing marijuana would save $4 million to $11 million for Rhode Island

By Tom Mooney

June 17, 2012

Decriminalizing marijuana "will save the state anywhere from $4 (million) to $11 million dollars."

R.I. Sen. Algiere says legislators never got chance to debate $75-million loan guarantee for Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios

By Tom Mooney

June 1, 2012

"The legislature was never given the opportunity to debate or vote on loaning $75 million to 38 Studios."

R.I. Rep. Joseph McNamara says 25 percent of Rhode Island’s physicians graduated from for-profit medical schools

By Tom Mooney

May 29, 2012

"In the state of Rhode Island 25 percent of our current physicians are graduates of for-profit medical schools."

R.I. congressional candidate Brendan Doherty says federal government has paid $601 million in five years to dead retirees

By Tom Mooney

May 23, 2012

"Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."