Clock starts to fill vacancy on RI Supreme Court. Will the House speaker apply?

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 6, 2026

Words: 1,144

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The search is officially on for a new associate justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Gov. Dan McKee on Friday sent the state’s Judicial Nominating Commission a letter alerting the all-volunteer panel of the recent vacancy on the high court caused by the March 27 retirement of Associate Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, who stepped down after almost 29 years on the bench.

By law, the commission now has 90 days to …

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