(Providence, RI)--Monday was the opening day of a special summer session for the Rhode Island General Assembly.The Senate voted majority in favor for a bill to guarantee tax-free disability pensions to firefighters if they get any kind of cancer.An election bill to have mail ballot applications sent to all voters for the upcoming primary and general elections was introduced in the House.Senate President Dominick Ruggerio quickly stated his opposition to that bill.
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