Reily Connaughton
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Senior Advisor, @GovDanMcKee. State fiscal/regulatory policy. MPP @UMassAmherst. Views are my own.
Providence, RI
Joined May 2010
RT @reilyseanconn: .@GovDanMcKee to the @WSJ: . “People’s pocketbooks are going to be impacted in Rhode Island,” Gov. McKee said, addin….
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A $5 billion wind farm project off the New England coast was 80% complete when it got the stop-work from the Trump administration. A small army of workers and suppliers are in limbo.
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RT @GovDanMcKee: We're expanding learning opportunities, job training and health resources in local cities and towns through our Community….
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RT @RepAuchincloss: This family business manufactures textiles in my district. Trump's tariffs are hurting it by raising input prices. Fr….
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“Coloradans are paying seven times more in tariff taxes than they did one year ago, with effective tariff rates skyrocketing from 3% last year to 21% today.”.
In Colorado, we refuse to stand idly by as the President pursues a self-made recession while making the cost of everything – from groceries to cars, to medicine - more expensive for Coloradans. This July, I took executive action to identify where and how we can protect Colorado
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Great look at the impact of the Revolution Wind stop-work order by @Jennifer_Hiller and @DavidUberti:
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A $5 billion wind farm project off the New England coast was 80% complete when it got the stop-work from the Trump administration. A small army of workers and suppliers are in limbo.
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“The wind issue is in @GovDanMcKee’s comfort zone, and he’s been forceful since the stop-work order was issued, even pressing for a one-on-one meeting with Trump on the matter.”
wpri.com
Your weekend briefing on local politics and more.
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.@GovDanMcKee to the @WSJ: . “People’s pocketbooks are going to be impacted in Rhode Island,” Gov. McKee said, adding that reneging on federally approved projects could chill new investment. “It also sends the wrong signal to businesses.”
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A $5 billion wind farm project off the New England coast was 80% complete when it got the stop-work from the Trump administration. A small army of workers and suppliers are in limbo.
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RT @ArmandDoma: thinking about all those people who said opposing tariffs meant I hated manufacturing workers.
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RT @axios: Trump breaks from RFK on vaccines: "Pure and simple, they work"
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RFK Jr. has faced widespread criticism for his recent round of vaccine mandates.
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RT @AlanMCole: My wife has The West Wing on in the background as she works and there’s an extended discussion in the episode “Full Disclosu….
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.@USChamber, echoing the same sentiment as @GovDanMcKee: "Not only does this inject significant uncertainty into the infrastructure development process, but it invariably increases the price of the projects and risks raising the cost of electricity…”
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The U.S. Chamber urges the need for permitting reform as well as the importance of providing certainty for energy projects already permitted.
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.@USChamber: "We're concerned about recent decisions to issue halt work orders on offshore wind projects that already have permits, some of which are far along in construction."
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The U.S. Chamber urges the need for permitting reform as well as the importance of providing certainty for energy projects already permitted.
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RT @AmericanFreedom: Tariffs were sold as a way to boost American manufacturing. Instead, we’ve lost 33,000 manufacturing jobs since Januar….
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RT @MattGertz: Look, the tariffs may be crushing U.S. manufacturing, but at least we all get to pay more for everything.
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RT @JosephPolitano: The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down nearly 100k over the last year, & another 12k jobs were l….
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RT @scottlincicome: "What Farm Equipment Manufacturers Are Saying About 50% Steel and Aluminum Tariffs" https://t.c….
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RT @SenRandPaul: High tariffs on India will just hurt American businesses.
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Some of my rivals that produce overseas will be less hard-hit.
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RT @CPNRI: 📸 @GovDanMcKee has signed the Purple Alert bill! 🟣. The new system will help locate missing people with disabilities. RI Is now….
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RT @DeItaone: FED’S WILLIAMS: TARIFFS LIKELY TO ADD 1.00%-1.50% TO INFLATION THIS YEAR.
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