NICHOLAS A. MATTIELLO, a former R.I. House Speaker, is serving as a lobbyist for Westminster Consulting Ltd., the lobby firm for Lifespan Corp. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
PROVIDENCE – Nicholas A. Mattiello, who a year ago was one of Rhode Island's most powerful lawmakers, has been brought on by a lobbying firm hired by Lifespan Corp. as the review process of Lifespan’s proposed merger with Care New England Health System has begun. Mattiello, the former Cranston Democratic state representative who served as…