Block announces candidacy for Rhode Island governor
PROVIDENCE — In a press release issued Tuesday morning, May 21, East Bay resident and entrepreneur Ken Block, who founded the Moderate Party of Rhode Island and ran as its candidate for Governor in 2010, announced he is running for Governor and forming a finance committee. Mr. Block, of Barrington and who has spent the [...]
Read More →Governor pens letter urging East Providence’s Melo, House leadership to reconsider commerce package
PROVIDENCE — In a strongly worded letter penned directly to House of Representatives Finance Committee Chairman Helio Melo, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee urged House leadership to rethink portions of the economic development package the group proposed with much fanfare last month. The three-page tome points specifically to four bills currently being considered by Chairman Melo’s [...]
Read More →East Providence Senator Conley releases floor statement on support of same-sex marriage
PROVIDENCE — Wednesday, April 24, as the full Rhode Island Senate prepared to take its historic vote backing same-sex marriage legislation (Bill S38), East Providence’s William J. Conley was one of several senators to deliver remarks during discussion of the bill on the floor of the upper chamber. The bill eventually passed on a full [...]
Read More →East Providence’s Conley votes in majority for Senate’s same-sex marriage bill
PROVIDENCE — East Providence William J. Conley Jr. voted in the majority to support Rhode Island Senate Bill S38 Tuesday, April 23, helping to move the same-sex marriage piece of legislation out of the Judiciary Committee and to the floor for a vote of the entire upper body. Mr. Conley, in fact, voted for all [...]
Read More →East Providence’s Conley in spotlight as Rhode Island’s Senate begins same-sex marriage vote
EAST PROVIDENCE — Supporters on both sides of the same-sex marriage issue have staked out East Providence as the epicenter of their efforts as the Rhode Island Senate begins its process of voting on proposed pieces of legislation, specifically targeting freshmen upper chamber member William J. Conley. Sen. Conley (D-Dist. 18, East Providence, Pawtucket) is [...]
Read More →Letter: Writing in support of same-sex marriage
To the editor, As a priest at Church of the Epiphany in Rumford and as a gay man, I am writing to express my support for marriage equality in Rhode Island. At my ordination, one of the vows I made was to “build up the family of God.” Although I am called to build up [...]
Read More →Letter: Is it apathy that allows this?
To the editor, People are working in places like Walmart where the pay is so low that they qualify for food stamps, effectively this is “Corporate Welfare.” Their kids qualify for the federal school lunch program — probably the breakfast program, too — effectively more subsidizing of Walmart and places like it! So why is [...]
Read More →Gun-control legislation is a diversion from real problems facing state, nation
From the local level to the federal government, our supposed public servants are in a frenzied mood on how best to intimidate, control, demonize and enforce draconian gun control measures. What better way to take the public’s mind off the sorry affairs of this state and country than to spin apoplectic mantra about the evils [...]
Read More →East Providence co-sponsors ‘Human Library’ event
EAST PROVIDENCE — Joyce May, the Adult Services coordinator for the East Providence Library system, can hardly contain her enthusiasm for her latest project, and she’s hoping the community similarly embraces the concept. After eight months in the planning, Mrs. May and many of her peers will present the first Human Library Rhode Island event, [...]
Read More →Attorney General reaches agreement with Toyota over safety issues
PROVIDENCE — In a press release, Attorney General Peter Kilmartin Thursday, Feb. 14, joined 29 other states in announcing a $29 million settlement with Toyota Motor Corporation and its related North America entities over allegations that Toyota concealed safety issues related to unintended acceleration. Toyota agreed to pay $29 million to settle consumer protection claims [...]
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