After failing to disclose the income he earned from legal work he performed for the Providence Economic Development Partnership (PEDP), House Speaker Gordon Fox on Tuesday agreed to pay a $1,500 fine. The R.I. Ethics Commission voted unanimously to approve a settlement with Fox. All state-appointed and elected officials are required to file annual financial […]readmore
Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, Republican candidate for Rhode Island governor, has released four pages of his 1995 application to practice law, where applicants are asked about their criminal history. Fung said he lost consciousness while driving and hit a man who was changing a tire on Interstate 95 in Cranston in 1989, when he was […]readmore
Top Republicans will call this week for a path to legal status, but not citizenship, for many of the 11 million adult immigrants who are in the country illegally. A path towards citizenship would be offered for immigrants brought to the United States illegally as young children. Despite this many party strategists and conservative voices […]readmore