Dooley prepares to say goodbye to southern Rhode Island
KINGSTON â The Board of Trustees for the University of Rhode Island has officially named President David M. Dooleyâs replacement, though heâll still sit at the helm for another few months.Â
Last week, the board announced the selection of Professor Marc B. Parlange, provost and senior vice president of Monash University in Australia, as the universityâs next president. In August, heâll be taking the reins from Dooley â who for more than a decade has been a major driving force of development and transformation in Kingston.Â
âI just want to say, on a personal note, Iâve really enjoyed living here amongst all of you,â Dooley told members of the South Kingstown Town Council on Monday. âThe Town of South Kingstown has been a great place for us, as a family. Lynn and I have enjoyed a lot of what South County, and particularly South Kingstown, has to offer.âÂ
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Opponents were geared up for battle last year. But the pandemic shut down the legislature.
Now all of the bills crafted by opponents of Rhode Island s Reproductive Privacy Act have been reintroduced and queued up for a House Judiciary hearing on Friday, same time, same place as the annual fight over death with dignity legislation.
Introduced several times before but never passed, the legislation would insulate a physician from any civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for prescribing medication to be self-administered by a patient to hasten death.
Those against abortion tend to oppose assisted suicide under any circumstances, while those who believe in individuals right to make their own health-care decisions take the other side.
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