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29 Apr 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Amid the War in Ukraine, PR Firms Defend Russian-Tied Clients MSN – Hailey Fuchs (Politico) | Published: 4/26/2022 Several wealthy businesspeople from Eastern Europe have turned to public relations professionals to help navigate press coverage emanating from Russia’s assault on Ukraine. [read post]
11 Feb 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal ‘Blue’ Suburban Moms Are Mobilizing to Counter Conservatives in Fights Over Masks, Book Bans and Diversity Education Washington Post – Annie Gowan | Published: 2/9/2022 Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session with the same goal – to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from parents whose protests over mask mandates and diversity education have turned school board meeting rooms… [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 2:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings: Excessive tax rates on cigarettes in some states induce substantial black and gray market movement of tobacco products into high-tax states from low-tax states or foreign sources. [read post]
2 Nov 2021, 8:26 pm by David Kopel
In some counties of New York, as in some jurisdictions in California, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Delaware, applicants for a concealed carry license may be denied unless they show  some specific, special need to carry a licensed handgun, beyond the general purpose of self-defense. [read post]
15 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Activists Try to Keep Up Pressure to Pass Elections and Voting Bills MSN – Kate Ackley (Roll Call) | Published: 10/13/2021 Groups pushing for voting rights and elections legislation in the U.S. [read post]
13 Oct 2021, 12:57 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  A Rhodes Scholarship is, however, still a Rhodes Scholarship, so when people overestimate someone like Pete Buttigieg, at least they are being impressed by the correct (but not in fact all that impressive) thing. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Court Orders FEC to Rule on Complaints Against NRA’s Alleged Campaign Coordination Scheme MSN – Soo Rin Kim (ABC News) | Published: 10/1/2021 A federal court ordered the FEC to rule on pending complaints that allege the National Rifle Association (NRA) used shell entities to illegally coordinate campaign spending with federal candidates, including with the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. [read post]
24 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Republican Fundraising Vendor Wants More Small-Dollar Contributors to Replace Vanishing PAC Money Campaigns and Elections – Staff | Published: 9/22/2021 A large Republican fundraising vendor is pushing its clients to reorient their strategies around small-dollar contributors as PAC donations have dried up in the wake of the January 6 insurrection and a move away from Washington, D.C. lobbying by corporations and trade associations. [read post]
20 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Rhode Island: “RI Donor-Disclosure Laws Upheld Again; Conservative Group Says It Will Appeal to High Court” by Patrick Anderson (Providence Journal) for MSN Elections Georgia: “Fulton Board Gets New Chair as Georgia Reviews Its Elections” by Kate Brumback (Associated Press) for Yahoo News North Carolina: “North Carolina Judges Strike Down State’s Voter ID Law” by Gary Robertson (Associated Press) for MSN Ethics National:… [read post]
5 Mar 2021, 11:50 am by Tia Sewell, Benjamin Wittes
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island got quite worked up about the FBI’s failure to respond to committee questions for the record from previous hearings. [read post]
15 Jan 2021, 6:50 pm by kris
The athletes were brought into the arena (safely distanced) where athletics director Gary Barta told them the bad news and then left the arena to get on with the business of being an athletic director at a Big 10 school whose football season had just been cancelled. [read post]
24 Nov 2020, 2:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
As a result, Rhode Island jumped 10 places on our ranking. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Transition Elevates Former Facebook Exec as Ethics Arbiter Politico – Alex Thompson and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 10/1/2020 Joe Biden’s transition team named Jessica Hertz, until recently a Facebook executive focused on government regulations, as its general counsel and charged her with navigating conflicts-of-interest and other ethical issues for the Biden administration-in-waiting, a move that drew immediate fire from the left. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Amy Coney Barrett, a Disciple of Justice Scalia, Is Poised to Push the Supreme Court Further Right Washington Post – Michael Kranish, Robert Barnes, Shawn Boburg, and Ann Marimow | Published: 9/26/2020 The declarations of political war started coming fast as President Trump announced his nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. [read post]
21 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Aides Headline DNC Fundraisers with Lobbyists Politico – Theodoric Meyer | Published: 8/13/2020 When Barack Obama won the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, he barred the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from accepting contributions from lobbyists in an attempt to purge their influence from his future administration. [read post]
5 Jun 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal As Trump Attacks Voting by Mail, GOP Builds 2020 Strategy Around Limiting Its Expansion MSN – Amy Gardner, Shawn Boberg, and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) | Published: 6/1/2020 President Trump’s persistent attacks on mail-in voting have fueled an unprecedented effort by conservatives to limit expansion of the practice before the November election, with tens of millions of dollars planned for lawsuits and advertising aimed at restricting who receives ballots and… [read post]
4 May 2020, 8:31 am by Tammy Binford, Contributing Editor
For example, in his state—Rhode Island—the governor has issued an Executive Order requiring businesses that are open to provide employees with face coverings or materials for employees to make their own. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 7:58 am by Barbara Moreno
LEGAL PROFESSION Rhode, Deborah L., Leadership for Lawyers (2020). [read post]