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Katie Mulvaney joined The Providence Journal in 2000 and now covers courts. She previously worked as managing editor of The Block Island Times and as an assistant city editor at The Greenwich Time in Greenwich, Conn.

Featured Statements

Erika Sanzi
stated on March 5, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color."

By Katie Mulvaney • March 15, 2015
Nancy Denuccio
stated on March 6, 2015 in a TV interview:

"We've seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal ... for kids under 21."

By Katie Mulvaney • March 13, 2015
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 in a news conference:

"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’

By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 in a newspaper column:

"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."

By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015
James Skeffington
stated on February 10, 2015 in a radio interview:

Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."

By Katie Mulvaney • February 26, 2015
Sheila Resseger
stated on January 10, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."

By Katie Mulvaney • February 15, 2015
Susan Shapiro
stated on January 15, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million people in the U.S."

By Katie Mulvaney • February 9, 2015
Ron Hayduk
stated on January 1, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."

By Katie Mulvaney • January 25, 2015
Kevin Flynn
stated on November 25, 2014 in a website story:

"There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control."

By Katie Mulvaney • January 16, 2015
James Aubin
stated on January 5, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."

By Katie Mulvaney • January 11, 2015