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R.I. General Assembly launches 2021 legislative session, adapted to the pandemic Edward Fitzpatrick © Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff..l Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, left, administering the oath to new House Speaker, K. Joseph Shekarchi, a Warwick Democrat, with his sister, Mary Shekarchi, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
PROVIDENCE The General Assembly launched its 2021 legislative session on Tuesday with an opening day that included all the ritualistic speeches and leadership votes of years past as well as the indelible mark of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
Rather than meeting beneath the State House’s marble dome, the House convened across the street at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in order to socially distance. Members elected K. Joseph Shekarchi as the new House Speaker while wearing face masks and offering words of support for Representative Grace Diaz, a Providence Democrat who was unable to attend after testing positive for COVID-19
Senate President Ruggerio to introduce bill banning guns on school grounds
Though he has an âAâ rating from the NRA, the Senate president breaks with the pro-gun group on the legislation, which the NRA strongly opposed in the past.
By Edward Fitzpatrick and Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff,Updated December 21, 2020, 9:04 p.m.
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Senate President Dominick J. RuggerioBarry Chin/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â Despite having an âAâ rating from the National Rifle Association, Rhode Island Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio on Monday said he will introduce legislation to ban the carrying of concealed weapons on school grounds.
The NRA has strongly opposed the legislation in past years when it was introduced by Senator Harold M. Metts, a Providence Democrat. But Metts lost a Democratic primary in September, and Ruggerio told the Globe Monday he would introduce the bill himself in the legislative session that begins in January.