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Dawson Hodgson
stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial:

Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 30, 2014
Dawson Hodgson
stated on March 27, 2014 in a TV interview:

The Rhode Island Parole Board "never received an objection from the attorney general" to the parole of convicted murder Alfred Brissette.

By John Hill • April 30, 2014
Dawson Hodgson
stated on January 3, 2013 in a radio interview:

"The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island."

By Michael McKinney • January 13, 2013