1/17/2020: Speaker Mattiello
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello on the governor's budget proposal and his controversial audit of the RI Convention Center.
Episode 52 of the Newsmakers | WPRI 12 News podcast, hosted by Tim White, titled "1/17/2020: Speaker Mattiello" was published on January 17, 2020 and runs 25 minutes.
January 17, 2020 ·25m · Newsmakers | WPRI 12 News
Summary
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello on the governor's budget proposal and his controversial audit of the RI Convention Center.
Episode Description
This week on Newsmakers: R.I. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello. The state's top lawmaker is already bristling over Gov. Gina Raimondo's budget proposal. Mattiello, D-Cranston, discusses how he opposes adult marijuana legalization this year, but may be open to it down the road. And he responds to questions about why he ordered an audit of the R.I. Convention Center at the same time one of his friends is in the middle of a personnel investigation.
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