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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE – The red, white and blue lawn signs are up; the candidates are knocking on doors, and campaign fliers are arriving in mailboxes almost daily as 285 candidates jockey for 113 seats in the Rhode Island legislature. There are common threads in many of the races: union leaders making good [...] By Phil Gingerella If all the talk coming from the State House on the need for jobs in RI wasn’t so serious and so desperate it would actually be comical. The General Assembly (GA) will never make the dramatic changes in the states business climate needed to change our economic outlook. Why do I say that? Because [...] The hectic conclusion to the 2010 summer legislative section illustrates once again that Rhode Island is no longer a true democracy. Rhode Island has become a tightly controlled oligarchy that is ruled by special interests and the Assembly leadership without any serious concerns for the good of the state, the towns, or the citizens. Here [...] NOTICE On September 14 both the Democrat and Republican parties will hold primaries to select their candidates for a number of offices. There are going to be important choices in each primary. If you are not yet sure which primary you will want to vote in, you should make sure you are registered as “unaffilliated”. The [...] If you or members of your family are currently unemployed, please take notice of the following. Whether or not you’ve spoken out about past government abuse, now is the time to be heard! BRING A FRIEND and WATCH THEM TAX and SPEND! Providence Journal photo / Connie Grosch House Majority Leader Nicholas Mattiello, center, talks with Rep. Al Gemma, left, while waiting for Thursday's session to begin. At right is Rep. David Caprio. Update: RI House approves cut in pension hikes Katherine Gregg from the Projo has [...] The General Assembly has suspended House Rules – which means they won’t be posting the 48 hour notice for bills - and that means legislation will be coming fast and furious (and often passed in the wee hours of the night) as we near the end of this legislative session. While the end of the session has an appeal on some levels, [...] Fred Ordonez, with Direct Action Rights and Equality (DARE), left, and Juan Garcia, Immigrants in Action, and others stage a rally outside the police station in Central Falls on Tuesday. The rally became a victory celebration when an Arizona-style immigration bill was killed at the House. The Providence Journal / Kathy Borchers PROVIDENCE –– [...] Gordon Fox: RI House Speaker (District 4 since 1992)
Fox won’t let copycat Arizona bill be heard this session 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 [...] |
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