Fox won’t let copycat Arizona bill be heard this session

01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, May 25, 2010

By Karen Lee Ziner

Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE — House Speaker Gordon D. Fox decided Monday that Rep. Peter Palumbo’s controversial Arizona-style bill on immigration will not be heard this session.

“The speaker opposes this and feels it’s better addressed federally. We’re not going to hear it this year,â€