⚓ After three straight governors with close ties to Massachusetts’ private sector, business leaders wonder if they’ll still have a friend in the corner office on Beacon Hill. E-mail Alexa Gagosz with suggestions for this weekly interview. ⚓ This week’s Ocean State Innovators Q&A is with Shey Rivera Ríos, who will present a virtual iteration of “Fire Flowers and a Time Machine” (Flores de Fuego y una Máquina del Tiempo) with the Wilbury Theatre Group starting Dec. ⚓ The North Kingstown School Department has agreed to give a lawyer for three former student-athletes all records, videos, computer files, and documents related to former high school basketball coach Aaron Thomas within 45 days. ⚓ It looks like Block Island is going to have a new senator.

⚓ It’s been a long time coming, but a lifelong dream of former “Bachelor” reality show franchise contestant Jared Haibon came to fruition Saturday with the grand opening of Audrey’s, billed as a coffee house by day, wine bar by night.

⚓ A patient being transported home by a state medical transportation subcontractor died after a crash, and the state is citing “illegal activity and policy violations” in the incident. “As the president approached the one-hour mark, I thought that if he got his second wind, he’d keep speaking all the way through the weekend.” ”I have to admit that I got a bit worried during the president’s speech on Wednesday whether or not I’d make it here this evening,” Dole said. “With a good Republican name like that, it’s no wonder he ended up politics,” Dole said at the time.ĭole’s speech in 1993 also noted the key role John Chafee would play in the health care debate, and mentioned that the two had recently discussed the issue in a meeting with first lady Hillary Clinton (she sent this thank you note to Dole after that meeting).ĭuring his speech, Dole made sure to include a light-hearted jab at the notoriously long-winded president, Bill Clinton, who had just delivered his first message before a joint session of Congress. ”Rhode Island may be small in size, but I see big things in the future for Claudine Schneider,” Dole said in his prepared remarks.Īn extensive document prepared ahead of Dole’s visit included the unfortunate reminder that “Rhode Island has always been a great state for scandal” along with the correction pronunciations of the names of other well-known Rhode Island politicians like then-representative Ronald Machtley (“MAKE-LEE”) and then-Cranston mayor Michael Traficante (“TRAF-FA-CANT-EE”).ĭole returned to Rhode Island four years later for another John Chafee fundraiser, where he praised the success of Republicans in statewide races and recognized the senator’s son, Warwick mayor Lincoln Chafee.

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