Monique Chartier
A bill is on its way from the House to the Senate. It would mandate that you buy an annual license at a cost of $100 $7 (seven dollars) [correction supplied by Rep Loughlin via e-mail: the cost of the license is $7.00; it would be a $100 fine if you were caught without a…
In one case, anyway. The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Friday overturned rulings by the Family Court that had allowed a divorced woman and her two children to remain in Rhode Island for almost seven years despite an order from a North Carolina judge that they return to that state, where the children’s father lived.…
From Valley Breeze publisher Tom Ward’s on-line only editorial of yesterday. • The pension “Cost of Living Adjustment” (COLA) cuts are minimal, and a joke. Those in the private sector would have to save well over a million dollars by age 60 to have anything even approaching the largesse of a state pension. Pension proposals…
In a hearing room, Tuesday, on Capitol Hill. Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying on the Louisiana coastal restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He began to answer one of Boxer’s questions with “ma’am” when Boxer immediately cut him off. “You know, do me a favor,”…
Governor Carcieri’s office has issued this statement about the 2010 budget bill (PDF) passed late today by the House Finance Committee. While the budget does make some very difficult choices and includes pension reform, it does not include much needed structural changes that will move the state forward and make us competitive to create jobs…
Fred Thompson pointed out this afternoon that even the Chicago Tribune has doubts about President Obama’s proposed expansion of the federal government as a health care insurer. But we do know a few things about government-run health plans. We draw upon decades of experience with Medicare, the government’s plan for the elderly, and Medicaid, which…
It had to be serious if even NOW was taking the side of Governor Palin and her family. Drudge is reporting that tonight on his show, Dave Letterman sincerely apologizes … especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by…
No doubt, they were tasteless and crude, even about an eighteen year old, as he thought, and not a fourteen year old. They were also not particularly funny. But what reflects most poorly on David Letterman in his telling jokes about Sarah Palin’s daughter is that it demonstrates a lack of consistency on his part.…
Mayor Cicilline has repeatedly expressed concern for the burden of the taxpayer. I’m sure I speak for taxpayers everywhere when I say “thanks”. My question is, does his concern manifest itself anyplace other than the expired firefighters’ contract? Let’s be clear. I’m the first to ask for a fair contract between municipality and valued public…
President Obama now has on his desk a bill permitting the FDA to regulate tobacco. After the bill becomes law, tobacco-product manufacturers must register with the FDA and provide a detailed product list. They also must pay user fees to cover the cost of the new regulation. The FDA can evaluate health claims made by…