PROVIDENCE — Three of the four announced candidates for governor — Democrats Frank Caprio and Patrick Lynch and Independent Lincoln Chafee — are pledging to sign a bill allowing same-sex marriage if they are elected governor.
Stokes, Carcieri talk small business
on 02-09-2010 03:48
BY JOSEPH B. NADEAU
LINCOLN — Gov. Donald Carcieri and Keith W. Stokes, his new executive director of economic development, faced an understanding audience at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce annual dinner last night. That helped, as they projected no immediate change in the state’s economic forecast.
Is Gov. Donald Carcieri flagrantly violating state law by not sending the cities and towns the third quarter car tax reimbursements that were due a week ago today?
PROVIDENCE — Four years after Rhode Islanders soundly rejected a proposal for a Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick by a margin of 37-63, they may be asked to weigh in on whether Lincoln’s Twin River and Newport Grand should be established as full casinos.