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Rhode Island House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale calls for state budget reform -- a $15B budget for a state the size of RI is the first unaffordable issue the House should address.
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House Minority Leader Michael W. Chippendale joins Tara Granahan WPRO to discuss State House leadership changes and Rhode Island tax policies.
Rhode Island House Minority Leader Chippendale StatementRegarding the Speaker’s Resignation5/7/2026
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State House, Providence, RI – Rhode Island House Minority Leader Michael W. Chippendale offers the following statement regarding the resignation of K. Joseph Shekarchi as the Speaker in the Rhode Island House of Representatives:
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State House, Providence, RI – During the March 24th hearing in the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee, Representative Richard Fascia, a retired Providence Police Officer, presented his bi-partisan supported bill, H8065, making it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in RI Law § 11-37.1-2. This bill corrects a previous action by US District Court, which vacated – due to ambiguity in the law-- the statute mandating the safety zone, leaving no restrictions on Level 3 sex offenders.
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State House, Providence, RI – Rhode Island State Representative Marie A. Hopkins introduced House Bill 7266, an amendment to the Senior Savings Protection Act, which aims to promote fairness and financial relief for Rhode Island's senior citizens. The legislation ensures that businesses offering discounts for automatic payments must extend the same incentives to seniors aged 65 and older who prefer to pay by paper check, while preserving existing cash discounts for cash payments.
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State Representative Brian C. Newberry joins Tara Granahan WPRO to discuss Mr. Potato Head License Plates and the Governor's State of the State address.
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House Minority Leader Michael W. Chippendale joins Tara Granahan WPRO to discuss the 2026 Rhode Island Republican State of the State Rebuttal.
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