After spending 7K in political donations, firefighters push again for vetoed disability bill
PROVIDENCE − Few, if any, political donors were more generous to Rhode Island politicos in election-year 2022 than the firefighters. From Jan. 1 to...
PROVIDENCE − Few, if any, political donors were more generous to Rhode Island politicos in election-year 2022 than the firefighters. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, political action committees affiliated with firefighters across the state made a total of $287,925 in donations to office-holders, candidates and their affiliated PACs. Some of those donations went to the candidates for statewide office, including Gov. Dan McKee, all the way down to a council seat or a mayor's office. But the majority of those donations went to state lawmakers past and present who, until Tuesday, were scheduled to hold a hearing on legislation to guarantee disability pensions — paying two-thirds pay, tax-free for life — to firefighters with hypertension, heart conditions or who have had a stroke.