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RI POLITICS

LGBTQ advocates praise removal of R.I. legislator from House committee

Speaker Shekarchi removed Representative Robert Quattrocchi, a Scituate Republican, from a House committee Thursday after he asked Representative Rebecca Kislak, a Providence Democrat who is a lesbian, if she is a pedophile.

RI CRIME

R.I. man who recorded himself sexually assaulting teenage girls is sentenced to 30 years in prison

In one case, Francis Scott pretended to be a driver for a ride-hailing service and offered to drive a girl, 15, to school, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Instead, he drove her to a secluded area, took her phone and recorded himself assaulting her, prosecutors said.

CENTRAL FALLS

After body found last fall, some recall Central Falls’ ‘Sparkle City’ era

As police work to solve the mystery, some people remember the legacy of the Sheridan Street address where the body was found and the Sportsman’s Lounge once was, a hub for the growing Colombian community in the 1980s, and the unlikely epicenter of cocaine for all of New England.

RHODE MAP

McKee starts to shake up the convention center board

His first two targets are the father of Helena Foulkes, his political rival last fall, and someone who supported her campaign.

COMMENTARY | GREG MILLER

Envisioning blue economy opportunities for a vacant Port of Providence landmark

Legacy sites like the Providence Gas Company Purifier House on Allens Avenue are integral in the city’s transformation.

BOOKS

The two sides of author Jessica Olien

Jamestown, R.I., author set down a lovable children’s series to write a cozy murder mystery.

RI POLITICS

R.I. Republican removed from committee after asking Democratic colleague ‘Are you a pedophile?’

House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi removed Representative Robert Quattrocchi, a Scituate Republican, after his comments to Representative Rebecca Kislak, a Providence Democrat who is a lesbian.

RI BUSINESS

‘I have a lot of faith’: McKee still believes Tidewater stadium project will happen

R.I. Governor Dan McKee said Thursday he remains optimistic about the Tidewater Landing soccer stadium project in Pawtucket, even after news that Pawtucket had not yet gone out for financing on a big chunk of the public’s support for it.