President-elect Joe Biden has tapped her to serve as Secretary of Commerce.
Raimondo, Rhode Island’s first female Governor, has been perhaps the most controversial and ambitious politician to come out of the state.
Only the late two-time convicted felon Buddy Cianci could spark a more vibrant debate.
Moving On and Looking Back
And, give her credit. Via Michael Bloomberg or Joe Biden, Raimondo has been driven to play at the next level a national stage where at just 49, she has unlimited potential and will not be constrained by the likes of a Nick Mattiello, the former Rhode Island Speaker of the House or anyone else.
Sunday news shows in RI, Dec. 20, 2020 The Providence Journal
Gov. Gina Raimondo.
The founders of Knead Doughnuts; Lisa Raiola of Hope & Main.
In the Arena (7 a.m., Ch. 6)
Reporters Ed Fitzpatrick and Dan McGowan of the Boston Globe discuss the state of local journalism in Rhode Island, the new leadership coming to the State House and the possible end of the pandemic.
State of the State (8 a.m., Cox Ch. 13, Verizon Ch. 32 and Full Channel Ch. 9)
Ray Rickman, former legislator and political activist, receives the Frederick Douglass Award. Brenda Jacobs of R.I. Revolver and Rifle Association discusses the Gun Safety Report.