Scott MacKay
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Scott MacKay Commentary: What the RI Right Can Learn From Progressives
Rhode Island conservatives and Republicans are bemoaning the leftward turn of the state’s Democratic Party. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay begs to → Read More
Brown Endowment at All-Time High of Nearly $4 Billion
Brown University announced Tuesday that the university’s endowment ended the 2018 fiscal year with nearly $4 billion, an all-time high. The university said → Read More
Scott MacKay Commentary: How Will Gender and Trump Play in RI Governor Campaign?
From the Kavanagh hearings in Washington to the Rhode Island governor campaign, gender is proving to be a strong political factor. RIPR political analyst → Read More
Former State Rep. and Bryant University Administrator Ray Fogarty Dies
Raymond Fogarty, a former Democratic state representative and longtime executive director of Bryant University’s Chafee Center for International Business, → Read More
Former Pawtucket Sen. Jamie Doyle Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion
Former State Sen. James “Jamie” Doyle III, a 46-year old Pawtucket Democrat, today pleaded guilty to 31 counts of bank fraud and one count of filing a → Read More
Providence Chief Clements, DEM's Coit Win RIPEC Awards
Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Director Janet Coit have been chosen as recipients of the → Read More
U.S. Senate Agrees Unanimously On Lobstahs
On a lighter political note, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed informs us by news release that today is National Lobster Day. Reed says that in recognition of the → Read More
Scott MacKay Commentary: Will Republican Divide Hurt Allan Fung in RI Gov Contest?
The first general election poll is out in the Rhode Island governor campaign and the kickoff television debate is Thursday. RIPR political analyst Scott → Read More
RIP Charles Rappleye, Author of Book On Providence's Brown Family and Slavery
Charles Rappleye, a great Los Angeles-based reporter and acclaimed author who wrote about everything from Providence’s Brown family and slave trading to → Read More
Scott MacKay Commentary: Women, Progressives Triumph in Assembly, Providence Council Campaigns
Most of the media coverage of last week’s Rhode Island primaries focused on the statewide contests for governor and lieutenant governor. But RIPR political → Read More
Pawtucket's PawSox Wake Becomes Worcester's Celebration
Well Rhode Island is losing the Pawtucket Red Sox to Worcester and the Massachusetts city is celebrating in wake of the city council’s overwhelming vote to → Read More
Analysis: RI Progressive Democrats Win Crucial General Assembly Seats
While Matt Brown’s underfunded and underwhelming primary campaign from the left failed to even dent Gov. Gina Raimondo’s march to a second term as Rhode → Read More
Scott MacKay Commentary: The RI Primaries
Rhode Island voters head to polls in primary elections Wednesday. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay has been thinking about what’s at stake as candidates → Read More
Providence Mayoral Candidates Debate At URI
The candidates for mayor of Providence shared their views Tuesday night of a proposed skyscraper in the city's jewelry district, how to solve billions of → Read More
Scott MacKay Commentary: Labor Day and Public Employee Unions
It’s Labor Day, when we honor workers and the unions that gave them better lives. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay says this year’s big labor issue is → Read More
Mobster Robert "Bobby" DeLuca Sentenced
Robert “Bobby” DeLuca a veteran Rhode Island mobster, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for lying to federal investigators about the murder of → Read More
Scott MacKay Commentary: John McCain's Well-Lived Life
John McCain, the U.S. Navy air warrior who was the Vietnam War’s most famous American prisoner and who evolved into a powerful U.S. Senator and Republican → Read More
Scott MacKay Commentary: Who Lost The PawSox?
Rivulets of sweat coursed across Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien’s face and Gov. Gina Raimondo tried gamely to keep her piano key smile frozen as a gaggle of → Read More
Scott MacKay Commentary: PawSox Going, Going...Gone
The Pawtucket Red Sox drew fans to McCoy Stadium with the slogan “where the dreams begin.” With the team’s decision to move to Worcester, RIPR political → Read More
Pawtucket Red Sox Likely Moving To Worcester
It appears that the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Boston Red Sox top minor league farm team, is getting closer to announcing that the that the team is leaving the → Read More