Happy Saturday! Here's another edition of my weekend column for WPRI.com -- as always, send your takes, tips and trial balloons to tnesi@wpri.com and follow me on Twitter, Bluesky and Facebook.

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1. The race for Rhode Island attorney general is suddenly a wide-open contest. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Craven was long perceived as a frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, with deep ties at the State House and over $300,000 in the bank. But as many had long suspected, Craven couldn't withstand scrutiny of his violent behavior in the years when he was drinking heavily. The Boston Globe's Dan McGowan declared his record "disqualifying" on Tuesday, and two days later Craven opted to quit the race rather than sit fo

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