Edward Fitzpatrick
News Reporter at The Boston Globe
Host at Rhode Island Report
@BostonGlobe reporter covering Rhode Island. Former @projo columnist, reporter. @FiveFreedoms board member. Host of #RIReport podcast. @NewhouseSU grad. Runner.
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22 hours ago |
bostonglobe.com | Edward Fitzpatrick
PROVIDENCE — In the wake of Rhode Island Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio’s death on Monday, the three main contenders vying to replace him are struggling to lock up the 19 votes needed to secure the position on their own. But senators are now discussing the possibility that two of those contenders — Senator Valarie J. Lawson and Senator Frank A. Ciccone III — would form a leadership team, with Lawson as Senate president and Ciccone as Democratic majority leader.
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2 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Edward Fitzpatrick
PROVIDENCE — As soon as it reconvenes, the Rhode Island Senate will choose a new leader to replace Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, who died on Monday morning after battling cancer, a spokesman said. Senate President Pro Tempore Hanna M. Gallo, a Cranston Democrat, will preside when the Senate next convenes, Senate spokesman Greg Pare said. It’s unclear when that will be because funeral arrangements for Ruggerio have not been finalized, he said.
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3 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Edward Fitzpatrick
“I had enormous respect and admiration for his dedication and leadership,” Shekarchi said. “Even through his illness, we communicated on nearly a daily basis about the important issues facing our state. Donny devoted his life to the people of Rhode Island, which will always be his legacy.”He noted that Ruggerio began his legislative career in the House in 1981 before joining the Senate in 1985. “This is the end of an era at the State House,” he said. Senate Majority Whip David P.
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3 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Edward Fitzpatrick
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, an old-school politician who wielded enormous influence over more than four decades as the longest-serving member of the state Legislature, died early Monday morning. He was 76. “It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the passing of Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio earlier this morning,” Senate spokesman Greg Pare said in a statement. “We are so grateful for the love and support of his friends and colleagues.
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6 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Edward Fitzpatrick
On Monday, marathoners approaching “Heartbreak Hill” will pass a statue of Johnny Kelley, the Massachusetts-born runner who competed in a record 61 Boston Marathons, winning two of them. But Rhode Island has never erected a statue of Brown, who beat Kelley in the 1936 marathon, breaking his heart on the Newton hill, giving rise to the name “Heartbreak Hill.”“He was not treated well, as all Native Americans were not treated well,” said Larry J.
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