{"id":303,"date":"2017-12-21T19:09:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/rhode-island\/?p=303"},"modified":"2022-05-25T05:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T05:09:02","slug":"madd-legislative-press-event-march-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/rhode-island\/madd-legislative-press-event-march-14\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD Legislative Press Event moved to March 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"303\" class=\"elementor elementor-303\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c5fcbcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c5fcbcc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-151121c9\" data-id=\"151121c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d5a83ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d5a83ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MADD National President Colleen Sheehey-Church will be speaking at MADD Rhode Island&#8217;s legislative press event at the State House to announce its legislative initiatives in Rhode Island for 2018 and beyond on March 20 at 3 p.m. in the State House Rotunda.<\/p>\n<p>The media and the public are invited to attend. Representatives of the organization, drunk driving victims, a representative from the Attorney General\u2019s office, community leaders and&nbsp;some of MADD\u2019s community partners will be speaking briefly about the importance of the initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the legislation being highlighted are those sponsored by the Attorney General\u2019s Office, as well as increasing penalties for Child Endangerment as it pertains to DUI. 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