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Kim Ahern

Kim Ahern

Democratic candidate for Rhode Island Attorney General, former Chair of the RI Cannabis Control Commission, and former Special Assistant Attorney General.

Aug 19, 2026

5:25
But where do you see it fitting in with small business?
5:28
That's a, no, it is all over the place.
5:29
I think that's a great description because when I talk about running for attorney general, I'm out talking to as many voters as I can.
5:35
I'm always cognizant of that in the short time that I have someone's attention span, I probably can not go over all the really important hats that the attorney general wears.
5:43
And so I think that's an apt description.
5:45
And so first I live in Providence.
5:47
My kid goes to public school not far, from where that horrific shooting took place.

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16:35
Are there particular regulations or things that you've seen over the last few years that you think might be a good way to help our small business community here or things you could, you know, fight against for our small business community here?
36:23
Ms. O'Hearn, your stance as Attorney General in terms of standing up to policies of the Trump administration, the pragmatic aspect of it, your personal view, is that the responsibility of the Attorney General to get involved the way that Attorney General Narona has?
36:37
Absolutely.
36:39
And for me, Bill, let me just say it's personal.
36:42
My wife, Jen, and I, our marriage in real time is under attack by this administration.
36:47
They went after marriage equality last fall, trying to take a case all the way to the Supreme Court that we were just talking about.
36:53
It wasn't successful, but they'll be back.
36:55
My three daughters are growing up with less rights and freedoms to their own bodily autonomy than I had as a young woman in this country.

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47:32
But if I could ask each of you to identify one health care system priority on day one to strengthen Rhode Island's health care system from the perspective of the attorney general's office, beginning with Mr. Hearn.

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