Westerly Tea Party

Legislation sponsored by Senator Leo Blais (R-Coventry) which would force amendments to the Rhode Island Constitution to receive approval by the General Assembly for two consecutive sessions before being put out for voter approval is this week’s RISC Bad Bill of the Week.

The bill, S- 2511, would require any proposed amendment to the state Constitution, [...]

A provision in the still pending Supplemental Budget that would eliminate a grant program that is important to worker training is this week’s legislative target for the RISC Bad Bill of the Week.

The 2010 Workforce Training Grant Program, run through the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT), was slated to award $2.5 million [...]

Senate Bill 2604, introduced by Sen. Frank Ciccone 

Titled Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors, this bill would require contractors and subcontractors who are awarded government public works contracts to provide to the Director of the Department of Labor and Training records of weekly payroll to workers, to be sent on a monthly basis, for [...]

R.I. Senate kills deficit-filling plan approved by House

Kathy Gregg

On the Senate side, from left, President M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, her chief of staff Tom Coderre, Minority Leader Dennis Algiere, Majority Whip Dominick Ruggerio and Finance Committee Chairman Daniel DaPonte confer Wednesday. The Providence Journal / Connie Grosch

PROVIDENCE — The state Senate made history Wednesday by rejecting [...]

Rhode Island Statewide Coalition

April 6, 2010

The Rhode Island Statewide Coalition (RISC) is naming a bill from Senator Dom Ruggerio concerning the hiring of temporary employees as BAD BILL OF THE WEEK for the week of April 5-9.

The Temporary Employee Protection Act, SB #2376, deceptively titled as a “protection” for workers is actually a bill that [...]

The president says electronic systems will reduce costs and improve quality, but they could undermine good care if people are afraid to confide in their doctors.

Deborah C. Peel
Opinion
The Wall Street Journal
3/23/2010

I learned about the lack of health privacy when I hung out my shingle as a psychiatrist. Patients asked if I could keep their records [...]

‘Copies of the Constitution are gifts that keep on giving’

WASHINGTON – Would you like to send a “meaningful” gift to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her 70th birthday Friday?

“Phone calls are nice,” says Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of WND. “Cards are fine. But how about a letter explaining why her behavior is [...]

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