The ProJo politics blog is reporting that state rep John Laughlin has voluntarily donated his ten-percent medical insurance contribution to the Portsmouth Schools. (In case you haven't been following, there's a move afoot to get state reps to pay for part of their health care coverage, like many of us.)

Rep. John J. Loughlin II, R-Tiverton, decided to pay his 10 percent but instead of giving to the state, he cut a check for $1,550 to the Portsmouth School District. (Loughlin’s district includes part of Portsmouth.)

“Had I, as in the past two years, sent this check to the general treasurer to be included in the General Fund, only pennies of this amount would ever make their way back to Portsmouth’s schoolchildren,” Loughlin said in a letter to Portsmouth Schools Supt. Susan F. Lusi. — Via ProJo Politics blog