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Scott MacKay might be long gone from the ProJo, but the WRNI contributor returned to his old haunt on Smith Hill yesterday to offer a legislative preview for the radio station: The white-haired men dressed in Revolutionary era artillery uniforms were...
As I've written before , it's great that blogs such as Hard Deadlines and Rhode Island's 12th have sprung up to cover areas that tend to get short-shrift from the Prov-centric RI media. And last Sunday, during his appearance on Newsmakers...
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...
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...
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...
In a switch, House Speaker William J. Murphy -- often described as the holder of the most powerful position in state government -- is taking a wait-and-see approach to just how long he wants to remain Mr. Speaker. During a taping this morning of WPRI...
Common Cause of RI has a successor to Christine Lopes : John Marion has been named the Executive Director of Common Cause RI. Common Cause RI is a non-partisan advocacy group which works for open, ethical and accountable government. Marion takes the helm...
-- Speaking of Costantino : -- He said Governor Carcieri needs to put forward a budget -- preferably in January -- before the General Assembly can move ahead with the process. In terms of economic development, Costantino says more needs to done to capitalize...
Steven M Costantino , chairman of the powerful House Finance Committee -- and someone who will remain in the spotlight amid RI's ongoing budget woes -- has for some time been a potential Providence mayoral candidate for 2010. Costantino joined Tim...
Not for nothing, but Kent Willever had an interesting choice for a bit of office decoration when he took up the job as executive director of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission . As I wrote in 2002 : An illustration of Don Quixote seems like an appropriate...
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...
At the other end of the spectrum . . . Justin Catalano, a young conservative activist who has formed a group called the 1772 Society , is the latest to consider the woes of the Rhode Island Republican Party . Over the next few months, the Gentlemen of...
UPDATE: ON SECOND THOUGHT . While it might not look good for Democratic legislators to skip the gov's conference, by and large, it's worth remembering that politics is personal. Governor Carcieri and his lieutenants spent a good part of recent...
House Speaker William J. Murphy gets a cameo in the current (third) season of Showtime's Brotherhood . He calls it "a very small cameo appearance," and he would not disclose further details. However . . . WARNING -- SPOILER ALERT. If you...
As part of the rush of media interest following his upset of Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano, state Senator-elect Edward O'Neill, independent of Lincoln, appears this week on Newsmakers and on WJAR-TV's 10 News Conference. O'Neill told...
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