Politics
2014R.I Election Preview: Who’s Running for What
The 2014 election cycle is starting to heat up in Rhode Island, as some candidates have already declared their intentions to run for statewide office seats — while speculation still swirls around others. Today, GoLocal takes a look at the ... Read More »
“Coligação” Até Outubro temos Governo em Portugal
Apesar de o Executivo liderado por Pedro Passos Coelho ter estado tremido, em função da alegada ameaça do ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e líder do CDS, Paulo Portas, que terá estado em vias de ‘atirar a toalha ao chão’, o ... Read More »
Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in RI Politics?
Who’s Hot Allan Fung-> Fung is the GOP’s best hope going forward. Kudos to the Mayor for a job well done, and city budget without a tax increase. Fung declared, “Our residents had to bear the burden of a history ... Read More »
Congress Seeks Answers on Huge Homeland Security Ammo Contracts
Concerned lawmakers and activists across America from all points on the political spectrum have for months been seeking an explanation about the Obama administration apparently stockpiling weapons of war for domestic use. Estimates suggest, for example, that the federal government ... Read More »
‘Superman building’ lobbyist ran Speaker Fox’s re-election campaign
The 26-year-old lawyer who helped House Speaker Gordon Fox survive a brutal re-election campaign last fall is now lobbying to secure millions of dollars in tax credits to turn Providence’s tallest building into apartments, WPRI.com has learned. In a report ... Read More »
Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in RI Politics?
Who’s Hot Rep. J Patrick O’Neill->O’Neill, once part of House leadership, stepped away from power when it conflicted with his principles. On Tuesday, O’Neill helped organize a successful vote in the Judiciary Committee for a bill that would ... Read More »
Seguro diz que “coisas vão de mal a pior” em Portugal
O secretário-geral do PS, António José Seguro, considerou hoje que “as coisas vão de mal a pior” em Portugal, mas garantiu que não prometerá aos portugueses aquilo que não poderá cumprir. Ao intervir durante a cerimónia de apresentação da candidatura ... Read More »
House Democrats nullify vote on ethics bill, arguing rules require it.
House Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Edie Ajello didn’t know what she was doing Tuesday when she voted with her colleagues to pass a proposed constitutional amendment reinstating the power of the R.I. Ethics Commission to police state lawmakers’ actions. That’s how ... Read More »
Mutiny Underway as Fox Boots O’Neill From Judiciary Committee
House Speaker Gordon Fox has removed Rep. J. Patrick O’Neill from the House Judiciary Committee in a reported retaliation for the Pawtucket Democrat’s efforts last night to get a bill through the committee that would ask voters to restore the ... Read More »
Buddy Cianci second act?
By Scott MacKay F. Scott Fitzgerald said famously that there are no second acts in American life. The Jazz Age novelist never met Vincent A. “Buddy’’ Cianci Jr. Cianci, believe it or not, is said to be seriously thinking of ... Read More »