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City Official:  Strip Club the Site of Prostitution Arrests Should Be Commended ‘For 38 Years of Doing Such a Good Job’

Matthew McDonald

A strip club in Providence, Rhode Island ordered closed a week ago after three strippers were arrested on prostitution charges in the club shouldn't still be closed, a board of licenses member said.

Police say the three dancers at The Foxy Lady offered undercover police officers sex acts for money. Police arrested the dancers Tuesday, December 11. The club has been closed since Wednesday, December 12, on the order of the Providence Board of Licenses.

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State GOP Treasurer Says He Has Votes To Become New Party Chairman

Matthew McDonald

Brent Andersen says he has commitments from a majority of the GOP's state committee to become the next chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.

Andersen told State House News Service on Tuesday, December 18 that 45 of the 80 members of the state committee say they'll vote for him. A majority of Republican state legislators back him, too, he said.

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