RI Senate begins judicial nominations process. House hearing on McKee’s Supreme Court pick pending

The Rhode Island Senate returned Thursday for a rare fall session to begin the advice and consent process for eight magistrate nominations and formally read in Gov. Dan McKee’s nominee to the state’s Supreme Court. “As we convene in the Senate chamber, let us once again contemplate our reason for being here,” Sen. John Burke, […]

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