Monique Chartier
In addition to that other thing going on around the country, there are two good government events happening here in Rhode Island on Tuesday. The first, on the subject of illegal immigration, is a hearing at the State House for House Bill 7107, which would require Rhode Island employers to verify on line that new…
A small but annoying point. This is a link to a Rhode Island craigslist posting which reads: I wonder how many people go and get the free monthly bus passes with their medical assistance card and turn around and sell them???? In the past few days I’ve noticed people selling them on here….kinda makes you…
Senator John McCain has won the Florida primary. Further, those fifty seven delegates have given him the “yellow jersey” of the Republican Presidential primary. Delegate-wise, here is where they stand: McCain – 95 Romney – 67 Huckabee – 26 Paul – 6 Giuliani – 1
CNN reports: With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Obama had 55 percent of the vote. Clinton was second with 27 percent, followed by Edwards, with 18 percent. In the meantime, Christopher Hitchens warns the Senator from Illinois (…er, Obama, not Clinton) to watch his back: On the very next day, I heard via three different…
“Our People are Taxed Too Highly.” So said Governor Donald Carcieri during his post State of the State media rounds. And – drum roll, please – the Tax Foundation concurs. For the third year in a row, they ranked Rhode Island fourth highest taxed, state and local combined. Data source of the Tax Foundation’s analysis:…
William Felkner of the Ocean State Policy Research Institute appeared in the third segement of today’s Newsmakers to discuss the state budget. Felkner voiced the thought of many of us that while the Governor’s proposed initiatives in the supplemental budget are a good start, they may not go far enough. [Side note: there are rumors…
From the AP: Heading into the most racially diverse contest yet in the presidential campaign, [Senator Barack] Obama took to the pulpit at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Ebenezer Baptist Church on the eve of the federal holiday celebrating the civil rights hero’s birth 79 years ago. His speech was based on King’s quote that “Unity…
While we try to understand how a city can issue a Demolition Permit for an historic building, let’s take a look at the June 20, 2006, minutes of the State Properties Committee meeting at which the Purchase & Sale Agreement and the deed were approved, during which Chairman Jerome Williams repeatedly expressed concern that the…
In mid-November, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island applied for a 12% rate increase of its direct pay (i.e., non-group) products. Public hearings have been under way. On December 13, 2007, US Attorney Robert Clark Corrente announced that as a part of Operation Dollar Bill, his office had reached an agreement with Blue Cross…
In the October 11, 2006 issue of Lancet Magazine appeared a well publicized study of “excess Iraqi deaths” which occurred after the 2003 invasion. For the period March, 2003 – July, 2006, it placed that total at 654,965, of which 601,027 were attributed to violence. Scepticism was voiced by a few on the face of…
