David Cicilline: “This bill is a life-support measure, not the answer for ensuring long-term health of the news industry.”

The difference is you’ll be increasing education funding and distributing it through a formula that’s fair and equitable, and ensure that every student in Rhode Island has access to what they need to be successful.

What we’ve said to the General Assembly is you’re going to have to have a transition plan that takes that into account.

You can’t have a statewide school funding system that is fair to everyone — that’s equitable, that covers all costs of education, so that every student, no matter where they live, is treated the same, and every taxpayer treated the same —…

The problem is we haven't committed to a mission. I have asked Secretary Blinken to define what he thinks the mission is.