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Taveras calls for People’s Pledge in governor’s race
Gina Raimondo and Angel Taveras supporting payday loan reform. (Bob Plain 5/18/12 Click on image for larger version) In an effort to keep out of state interests from buying up the governor’s race,...
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The making of a Wall Street Democrat
Raimondomania has turned into Raimondomageddon. The quarterback of pension politics was revered by the right in 2012, winning praise from the Manhattan Institute, ALEC and the Wall Street Journal among...
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Angel is in!
Providence Mayor Angel Taveras makes it official on Monday as the Providence Journal reports he’ll announce he’s running for governor next week. WPRI also reported the news last night. Taveras, the...
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Both party primaries for governor come into focus
Gina Raimondo, Linc Chafee and Allan Fung at the unveiling of the “Truth in Numbers” report. The calendar may still say 2013, but the 2014 election year kicked into high gear this weekend. Providence...
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Block eliminates own relevance, Moderate Party in one fell swoop
Break out the dirges, Ken Block put the nails in his own political coffin with the announcement he would become a Republican and run in that party’s primary for governor. Block has been saying for...
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What will be the big issues in 2014 governor’s race?
It’s all well and good to know who the characters in the 2014 campaign for governor are, but we still need to know the major themes before we can know what the plot might look like. Here’s a list of...
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Divide between Taveras, Raimondo: how they play the game
I agree with Sam Howard who suggests there isn’t a giant gap in the policy priorites of Angel Taveras and Gina Raimondo, but I don’t think that means there would be many other similarities in how each...
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RIF Radio: Is Raimondo a progressive? What do NECAP math failures tell us?...
Monday Jan 13, 2013 North Kingstown, RI – Good morning, Ocean State. This is Bob Plain, editor and publisher of the RI Future blog podcasting to you from The Hideaway on the banks of the Mattatuxet...
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Social impact bonds: ‘do they promote public good, or sell it?’
Gina Raimondo “kicked off” her campaign for Governor yesterday, and wouldn’t you know it, but the centerpiece of her policy proposals will be a new invention of Goldman Sachs, the “social impact” bond....
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Pell announces run for governor
Clay Pell announces candidacy for governor at RI Convention Center. In a 25-minute speech to a standing-room-only crowd at the RI Convention Center this morning, Clay Pell, grandson of the US Senator,...
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Ken Block, ideological stringency and the People’s Pledge
I read with interest Ken Block’s rejection of the People’s Pledge on the following basis: “I support comprehensive campaign-finance reform,” Block said. “But I won’t do it piecemeal.” And a People’s...
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Raimondo suggests direct mail, canvassing be included in People’s Pledge
General Treasurer Gina Raimondo is not only interested in coming to the table with her fellow Democrats seeking to be governor and agree to a People’s Pledge, but she’s also upping the ante to include...
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People’s Pledge faces tough politics
“The love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” -First Epistle to Timothy, Chapter 6,...
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John Marion of Common Cause RI explains People’s Pledge
As early as Monday RI Democratic candidates for governor will sit at this table at Common Cause RI to agree to discourage outside spending in the Democratic primary. Democratic candidates for governor...
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Ken Block didn’t vote until 2000
Ken Block, the Barrington millionaire who recently switched from the Moderate Party to the Republican Party to run for governor, didn’t registered to vote until October of 1999, according to state and...
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Raimondo gets her ‘Groov’ on with gun-parts manufacturer
No one will argue that jobs-growth and economic development are crucial topics to be addressed by the state’s gubernatorial candidates. However, Gina Raimondo’s recent choice of companies with which to...
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How will Raimondo pay for her $60 million cut?
Gina Raimondo’s recent policy proposal on infrastructure raises a lot of math questions, but here’s one of the most glaring: How is she going to pay for the $60 million she wants to spend each year on...
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Economic Progress Institute’s candidate forum tonight in Warick
Gubernatorial hopefulls Angel Taveras, Clay Pell, Gina Raimondo and Todd Giroux will respond to progressive questions tonight as the Economic Progress Institute is hosting a candidate forum at 5pm at...
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Democrats for governor make their case to liberal Rhode Island
With little substantive differences in their talking points, the four Democrats running for governor each tried to impress upon an audience of mostly liberal activists that they were the best person...
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Dems differ on future of healthcare exchange
One difference between the Democrats running for governor that came to light at the Economic Progress Institute’s forum last week was how they would pay for the state’s healthcare exchange when federal...
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