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Legislative game of chicken is not in R.I.’s best interests

COME ON GUYS: House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, left, and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio seem to have made a power struggle between the two General Assembly chambers take precedence over passing the state’s fiscal 2018 budget. / PBN FILE PHOTOS/­MICHAEL SALERNO
COME ON GUYS: House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, left, and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio seem to have made a power struggle between the two General Assembly chambers take precedence over passing the state’s fiscal 2018 budget. / PBN FILE PHOTOS/­MICHAEL SALERNO

The question is not whether each of the chambers of the General Assembly should have closed up shop after being unable to pass the budget for fiscal 2018. Of course they should have stayed in session, talked through unresolved issues and sent Gov. Gina M. Raimondo a budget to sign. The conflict started when the

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