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Rick Santorum has become the 4th GOP contender qualified by the RI Secretary of State for placement on Rhode Island’s April 24 Presidential primary ballot, joining Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.
According to the Secretary of State‘s official totals, Ron Paul has crossed the 1,000 signature threshold, becoming the 3rd Republican contender (in addition to Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, so far) who will appear on the April 24 Republican Presidential primary ballot in Rhode Island.
When Rhode Island passed voter-ID into law this past summer, the RI Chapter of the ACLU responded by saying it had been passed “in order to address a non-existent problem of in-person voter fraud”. State Representative Charlene Lima, who has introduced a bill in this legislative session to repeal voter ID, told WPRO radio (630AM)…
If you are wondering why tonight’s Missouri Republican primary isn’t receiving the attention that it might as a potential firewall for the non-Romney GOP Presidential candidates, it’s because no delegates will be allocated based on the results. Kansas City Star columnist Steve Kraske has a good column on the unplanned chain of events that led…
9. H7343: Allows school districts to replace school bus monitors on K through 5 buses with a suitable technical monitoring system (H Health, Education and Welfare; Wed, Feb 8). 8. Bud Art. 28: In addition to involving some specific financial details relating to Central Falls, including an extra-constitutional appropriation of local revenue, this article also…
Newt Gingrich (on the Republican side) and Barack Obama (on the Democratic side) have qualified to be on Rhode Island’s April 24 Republican primary ballot. (Collection of the signatures needed to get on the ballot is closed at this point; the Secretary of State’s office is tallying the totals). Barack Obama will be the only…
According to Blackstone Valley Prep’s Twitter feed, the State’s Board of Regents has given preliminary approval to an Achievement First operated mayoral academy to be sited in Providence — with Board of Regents chairman George Caruolo casting the 5th and deciding vote in favor.
According to official figures from the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s website, Mitt Romney has become the first candidate (of any party) to qualify for the RI Presidential Primary, to be held on April 24.
Whether you’re into Twitter or not, the best immediate coverage of Providence Mayor Angel Taveras’ hastily-called press conference on Providence’s dire fiscal situation came from the members of the RI media who Tweeted it as it happened. Erika Niedowski (Associated Press):Taveras mentions possibility of bankruptcy, saying ‘everything is on the tableIan Donnis (Rhode Island Public…
Rhode Island Senate Director of Communications Greg Pare informs me, in response to an inquiry, that Senate Committees have been publishing the committee votes to hold bills for further study since last year (he sent along a few examples, available here, here, here, and here), as part of a set of rules changes supported by…