In an election where very few Rhode Islanders bothered to cast ballots, the state’s Republican voters fell in line behind Mitt Romney on a northeastern primary day when the former Massachusetts governor swept all five presidential primaries, cementing ... »
There isn’t much suspense in today’s Rhode Island Republican and Democratic presidential primaries. About the only element anyone cares about is which party activists will win delegate slots to the Democratic and National Conventions. (Democrats in Cha... »
Rhode Island’s dubious status as a state that heads into downturns early and recovers late is hardly a new phenomenon. Don’t tell that to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who puts the blame on President Obama in a news release detailing h... »
The parade seems to be forming for the 2014 Rhode Island campaign for governor. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay explains why this may not be a good thing for our beleaguered state. In the 24/7 world of modern politics, two years is a very long ti... »
When five state representatives ran into various kinds of legal trouble last year, there was chatter around the Statehouse about how the state Senate looked good by comparison. The Senate now figures in the mix with the arrest Wednesday of 63-year-old ... »
Flanked by mayors and town managers from around the state, Governor Lincoln Chafee unveiled a plan this afternoon for helping Rhode Island’s most fiscally troubled communities. He held up a copy of the Providence Journal — featuring headlines about Woo... »
UPDATE: Brown responds. Marisa Quinn, Brown’s vice president for public affairs and university relations, says Brown contributes $4 million to the City of Providence each year through voluntary payments and taxes. “Brown supports Providence and is comm... »
House Speaker Gordon Fox says he has no plans to relinquish what’s often called the most powerful job in state government — provided he wins reelection in November. Regarding the next vote for speaker — in January 2013, Fox says, “I’m definitely runnin... »
