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State Senator Gayle Goldin represents District 3 (Providence) in the Rhode Island Senate. Outside the legislature, Sen. Goldin serves as the Strategic Initiatives Officer for the Women's Fund of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island State Sen. Gayle Goldin
State Senator Gayle Goldin represents District 3 (Providence) in the Rhode Island Senate. Outside the legislature, Sen. Goldin serves as the Strategic Initiatives Officer for the Women's Fund of Rhode Island.
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April 7, 2014
Every one of us knows that all too familiar push-pull between work and family responsibilities, but when an emergency arises, that push-pull can tear us apart. Working families in Rhode Island now can rest a little easier knowing that if they have a seriously ill family member or choose to welcome a new child into their home, they will not lose their job, their home, or their economic security. In 2013, my bill to provide our families with paid time off from work to care for a loved one or bond with a child became law. Rhode Island is now the third state to provide paid family and medical...
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March 8, 2012
Ten years ago I was standing on a balcony, trying to coax my puppy, Sabrina, back inside. Sabrina was barking wildly, but not moving. As I stepped towards her, the balcony collapsed. I fell two stories, directly against a brick wall, and landed on cement stairs. Thankfully, for me, there had been a late spring snow that cushioned my fall. I broke a vertebra that day, but after a week in the hospital, three months in a body brace, and 6 months of physical therapy, you would never know how close I came to paralysis. My husband and I had moved to Rhode Island just a couple of years before. We...
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