 On Monday, WBOB's Kevin Aherne interviewed Rep. Aaron Regunberg on the Cobblestone Press to discuss his proposed legislation, House bill 2015-H 5364, which would raise Rhode Island's subminimum wage for tipped workers for the first time in nearly 20 years.
Tuesday on the Wild Side, Rep. Doreen Costa -- who is also a restaurant owner -- blasted the bill, and shared her belief that if a server isn't happy with their tip earnings, they should seek a new line of work. Listen to Rep. Doreen Costa's Comments Below 
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The National Republican Congressional Committee is seeking a do-over for some potential seats which they missed out on flipping in 2014. Entitled Donkeys 2016, the RNCC listed nineteen Democratic Congressional reps whom they look to challenge and ultimately unseat. In California, they have targeted five seats, including John Garamendi, who was not considered a beatable incumbent in 2014. I commend the committee for considering the other New Hampshire a winnable seat, too. 
Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause sentenced Seydina Ndoye (age 20) of Providence and Alain Bedame (age 19) of Pawtucket each to 70 years with 30 years to serve and the remainder suspended with probation for their respective roles in the February 4, 2014 murder of 17-year-old George Holland II of Providence.
Both Bedame and Ndoye had previously pled guilty to second degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and discharge of a firearm resulting in injury. Each was sentenced to 50 years, with 30 years to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for charge of murder; 10 years to serve for charge of conspiracy, to run concurrent; and 20 years suspended with probation, non-parolable, for the charge of discharge of a firearm, to run consecutive.  State Representative Ray Hull (D-6, Providence, North Providence) has today sent a letter to Mayor Jorge Elorza calling on him to establish a director-level liaison with the city’s significant African-American community to serve as a point of contact and address concerns of racial disparities and unequal treatment.
Hull issued the call in response to a continuing series of national incidents demonstrating troubling treatment of communities of color by local police departments and a new report by the Rhode Island chapter of the ACLU which found significant differences in how black Rhode Islanders are treated from childhood to adulthood. A police sergeant and 28-year veteran of the Providence Police Department, Hull said that when the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation himself is expressing concern about the manner in which some police officials respond with excessive force to incidents involving people of color, Providence needs to recognize the situation and take action. 
Rhode Island drivers, like those throughout the country, think it’s unacceptable to drive well over the speed limit, run red lights, talk on a cell phone, and drive so sleepy they have trouble keeping their eyes open. But, just like drivers elsewhere, many do just that.
Last week, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released its annual nationwide Traffic Safety Culture Index, designed to assess the attitudes and behaviors of drivers. Several states, including Rhode Island, were part of the survey and had their results broken out. |
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