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Gregory Smith is a veteran reporter for the Providence Journal, most recently having covered public safety in Providence. Since he began work at The Journal in 1972, he has been a reporter in suburban bureaus and at Providence City Hall, managed the Journal’s former news bureaus in Woonsocket and Greenville, and served as deputy business editor and as a copy editor. Smith has a bachelor of science degree in journalism and political science from Syracuse University.

Featured Statements

Jennifer Parrish
stated on September 5, 2013 in a newspaper commentary:

"Six years after unionization, 20,000 fewer children in Illinois were being served by the Child Care and Development Fund program."

By Gregory Smith • October 13, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
stated on September 22, 2013 in a television interview:

Forty-six states have a line-item veto for the governor.

By Gregory Smith • October 6, 2013
Deadspin
stated on August 13, 2013 in a website:

The highest paid employee of the State of Rhode Island is a basketball coach.

By Gregory Smith • September 29, 2013
American LeadHERship PAC
stated on August 31, 2013 in a website:

Under Mayor Angel Taveras "Providence’s bond rating was downgraded from A to BBB, two steps above junk-bond status."

By Gregory Smith • September 15, 2013
Frank Annunziato
stated on August 6, 2013 in a newspaper interview:

Salaries for URI faculty are second to last among New England land grant universities and in lowest 20 percent of major U.S. research institutions

By Gregory Smith • September 7, 2013
Jeffrey Grybowski
stated on August 4, 2013 in a television interview:

Offshore wind power is "significantly less expensive than solar energy."

By Gregory Smith • August 31, 2013
Helio Melo
stated on July 12, 2013 in a newspaper interview:

"Rhode Island has the highest percentage of lawyers per capita in the country."

By Gregory Smith • July 28, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 5, 2013 in a newspaper story:

Farming is "one of the fastest growing areas of our economy."

By Gregory Smith • July 18, 2013
Bernard Jackvony
stated on May 31, 2013 in a television interview:

"There hasn’t been a Republican in the legislature or the City Council in Providence in over 30 years."

By Gregory Smith • June 14, 2013