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Negotiations on Brown's voluntary payments resumed last week when Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a Brown alumnus, brought together Taveras and two of Brown's highest-ranking administrators, President Ruth Simmons and Chancellor Thomas Tisch. Representatives from...
Negotiations on Brown's voluntary payments resumed last week when Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a Brown alumnus, brought together Taveras and two of Brown's highest-ranking administrators, President Ruth Simmons and Chancellor Thomas Tisch. Representatives from...
A tree referred to as a "holiday tree" by Gov. Lincoln Chafee is lit up in the rotunda of the statehouse in Providence, R.I. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. The Rhode Island Statehouse hosted dueling tree lightings as Gov. Chafee and Republican State Rep. Doreen... View Photo »
It is essential that RIEMA's executive director be a proven leader who can perform under the most trying circumstances. Theresa Murray certainly fits that description
Negotiations on Brown's voluntary payments resumed last week when Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a Brown alumnus, brought together Taveras and two of Brown's highest-ranking administrators, President Ruth Simmons and Chancellor Thomas Tisch. Representatives from...
Negotiations on Brown's voluntary payments resumed last week when Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a Brown alumnus, brought together Taveras and two of Brown's highest-ranking administrators, President Ruth Simmons and Chancellor Thomas Tisch. Representatives from...
Negotiations on Brown's voluntary payments resumed last week when Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a Brown alumnus, brought together Taveras and two of Brown's highest-ranking administrators, President Ruth Simmons and Chancellor Thomas Tisch. Representatives from...
Republican State Rep. Doreen Costa smiles as she and others sing carols near a Christmas tree she set up outside her office at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Gov. Lincoln Chafee's decision to refer to the official statehouse... View Photo »
State health officials hailed the decision, noting that breastfeeding has been proved healthier than formula for both infants and mothers. Stephanie Chafee, a nurse and the wife of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, called the decision a critical step toward increasing breastfeeding rates.
You bet they are. They can even baptize the dead and the dead aren't easy to work with... John Leftists know all about the dead. They are experts at making them. Of course Romney Won!! Santorum is a social conservative not a fiscal conservative. ...
Smith, the Finance Board chairman, called its 1.5 percent increase a "reasonable and affordable" proposal. "The school department should be able to recast their budget without impacting their strategies or mission," he said. Smith also noted that Gov. ...
Lincoln Davenport Chafee (pronounced /ˈtʃeɪ fiː/ CHAY-fee) (born March 26, 1953) is a former United States Senator from Rhode Island. Running as a Republican, he lost his re-election bid in 2006 to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse. In the summer of 2007, he left the Republican Party and became an independent. He is currently a visiting scholar at... Full Article
A tree referred to as a "holiday tree" by Gov. Lincoln Chafee is lit up in the rotunda of the statehouse in Providence, R.I. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. The Rhode Island Statehouse hosted dueling tree lightings as Gov. Chafee and Republican State Rep. Doreen Costa battle over whether to call...
View Photo »Republican State Rep. Doreen Costa smiles as she and others sing carols near a Christmas tree she set up outside her office at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Gov. Lincoln Chafee's decision to refer to the official statehouse spruce as a "holiday" tree prompted...
View Photo »Scott Winett, of Cranston, R.I. , hand only bottom left, displays a placard during a rally in front of the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. , Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Several hundred critics of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, including state lawmakers, tea party activists and others, criticized a...
View Photo »Tea Party member Pamela Gencarella, of East Greenwich, R.I. , center, and Deloris Issler, of Cranston, R.I. , center right, who identified herself as a member of the Ocean State Tea Party in Action, cheer during a rally in front of the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. , Wednesday, Oct....
View Photo »Demonstrators display placards during a rally in front of the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. , Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Several hundred critics of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, including state lawmakers, tea party activists and others, criticized a new policy allowing in-state tuition for...
View Photo »President Barack Obama stands with educators and students as he speaks about No Child Left Behind Reform, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Also pictured are Education Secretary Arne Duncan is at left, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, is second...
View Photo »President Barack Obama delivers remarks on No Child Left Behind reform, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. From left ate, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, and Rhode Island Gov. Gov. Lincoln Chafee.
View Photo »John McNiff, right, a ranger with the Roger Williams National Memorial as he portrays Rhode Island founder Roger Williams, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, second right, and Bob Burke, left, creator of the Independence Trail watch as Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, second left, signs a...
View Photo »A tree referred to as a "holiday tree" by Gov. Lincoln Chafee is lit up in the rotunda of the statehouse in Providence, R.I. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. The Rhode Island Statehouse hosted dueling tree lightings as Gov. Chafee and Republican State Rep. Doreen Costa battle over whether to call...
View Photo »It is essential that RIEMA's executive director be a proven leader who can perform under the most trying circumstances. Theresa Murray certainly fits that description
State health officials hailed the decision, noting that breastfeeding has been proved healthier than formula for both infants and mothers. Stephanie Chafee, a nurse and the wife of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, called the decision a critical step toward increasing breastfeeding rates.
The investments have already been made
I'm just continuing what other governors have done
There’s chaos and conflict between what the states are doing and what the Justice Department is threatening to do
Americans' attitudes toward medically prescribed marijuana are changing, and medical organizations throughout the country - including the Rhode Island Medical Society and the American Medical Association - have come to recognize the potential benefits of marijuana for medical use ... Patients across Rho...
Yet in the absence of state or local regulatory systems, there exists wide spread confusion and proliferation of unregulated activities
I would encourage all those engaged in this discussion - whatever their opinion on the matter - to use their energy and enthusiasm to make a positive difference in the lives of their fellow Rhode Islanders
Our job is not done ... We must continue the difficult work of ... shoring up our independent municipal plans, helping our cities and towns and the Rhode Islanders who are struggling to pay skyrocketing property taxes.
Many Rhode Islanders will see reduced benefits and will face a retirement different than the one they had planned
This vote is cause for encouragement, but not cause for celebration. While this legislation will ensure retirement security for retirees and current workers in state-operated pension plans, many Rhode Islanders will see reduced benefits and will face a retirement different than the one they had planned
