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As Governor Carcieri prepares to outline spending cuts tonight, Grow Smart Rhode Island offers this: In a letter delivered to the Governor, Grow Smart Executive Director Scott Wolf stated, “With all the uncertainty created by economic conditions these...
One school of thought holds that poverty will always be with us. Perhaps, but that overlooks the fact that government, however flawed, can make an important difference for the better on important issues. Two examples: 1) The federal government, through...
From Governor Carcieri's office: Governor Donald L. Carcieri will discuss the State of Rhode Island's financial situation and outline details of his FY 09 supplemental budget during a live, televised address on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. The...
The dour fiscal climate is likely to make more difficult efforts to promote renewable energy in Rhode Island. Meanwhile, in a recent exchange of letters, two General Assembly leaders and Governor Carcieri debated the state's approach for selecting...
Word comes today of a January 9 legislative hearing on Governor Carcieri's global Medicaid waiver , which he bills as a big money-saver for the state. Some Rhode Islanders, such as the author of this letter to the editor in today's ProJo, see...
I recap 2008 in this week's Phoenix: For a good metaphor of the year experienced by Rhode Island in 2008, consider the economic-development summit called by Governor Carcieri in November. On the surface, the notion of seeking fresh thinking about...
Governor Carcieri touts a federal Medicaid waiver as a ticket to savings in the Rhode Island budget, but it seems as if an awful lot of questions about how this will work remain unanswered. Given how the Ocean State has a very high percentage of elderly...
From Governor Carcieri's office. Look for more such departures as the governor's time in office ticks down. Governor Donald L. Carcieri today accepted the resignation of Jerome F. Williams, Director of the Department of Administration. Director...
Some speculate that Saul Kaplan was asked to give up his job as executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. As we know, Governor Carcieri said via a statement that Kaplan plans to return to the private sector. At minimum,...
With an op-ed in today's ProJo , Tom Sgouros notes how the Republican label -- though not necessarily somewhat conservative politics, aka old-school RI Repulicanism -- was lethal for General Assembly candidates earlier this month. [A]ll is not bleak...
Back in June, I reported that WJAR-TV's Bill Rappleye was pursuing the time-honored adversarial relationship between reporters and elected officials when he asked Governor Carcieri about a nepotism-related matter. The gov's people -- and even...
Let us count the ways. 1. Dan Yorke is making a plausible case that the party, because of its utter incompetence, should cease operations for about 12 or 18 months. 2. AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer George Nee, a Democratic stalwart, recognizes the state...
From Governor Carcieri's office : Governor's Forum on the Rhode Island Economy Thursday, November 6, 2008 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Rhode Island Convention Center, Ballroom A One Sabin Street, Providence Governor Donald L. Carcieri will join national...
WPRO broadcast a campaign commercial a short time ago that, pointing to the downside of longstanding Democratic dominance of the General Assembly, urged listeners to vote for Republican lawmakers. Governor Carcieri's campaign fund, according to a...
Considering how RI is so deep in the hole, Governor Carcieri's expression of support for eliminating the state income tax seemed grounded in philosophical abstraction. Nonetheless, it was enough to stir his opponents. Rhode Islanders to protest Governor...
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