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Amo and Leonard finally face off in live television debate
With five days before Election Day, Republican Gerry Leonard and Democrat Gabe Amo met at WJAR NBC 10’s studio in Cranston Thursday for their first debate – on live television – where the two talked Israel, guns, and their shared lack of ownership of electric vehicles. After winning the Sept. 5 primary, Leonard had requested […]
Democrat Amo commits to a second CD1 debate with Republican Leonard
There will be more than one debate in the race for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District — two to be exact. Democrat Gabe Amo on Tuesday accepted an invitation to participate in a debate taking place Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. hosted by WJAR live in Sapinsley Hall at Rhode Island College. The announcement […]
Hate Boston traffic? T.F. Green tapping into that loathing in new ads promoting flying out of RI
WARWICK — An airline pilot looks out the window to see lightning, smog, and gridlock on I-93 in Boston — “soul-crushing” in his words — before announcing there’s an “easier way to fly.” That’s when the pilot recites the new tagline for the Rhode Island Airport Corporation’s newest television ad campaign seeking to sway more […]
Race, gender are focal points of final CD1 Democratic debate
The internet never forgets. Just ask Aaron Regunberg, whose since-deleted tweet in February suggesting he would sit out Rhode Island’s special congressional election to support “progressive women who care about climate,” reemerged during a debate Thursday. Regunberg, a former state representative, was one of six Democrats to share the stage in Rhode Island College’s Sapinsley […]
Cranston senator accused of damaging SUV
State Sen. Joshua Miller, a Cranston Democrat, is facing a misdemeanor vandalism charge for allegedly keying an SUV with an anti-Biden sticker. Cranston Police said a man reported that he and a passenger were returning to the SUV in the Garden City Shopping Center parking lot on Thursday at around 4 p.m. when they heard […]