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Chafee plan worries nursing homes
WPRI TV Local News
Feb 06A Rhode Island nursing home association says a budget plan by Governor Lincoln Chafee's administration would "devastate" their industry with layoffs and service cuts. »
Chafee plan worries nursing homes
WPRI.com Providence News
Feb 06A Rhode Island nursing home association says a budget plan by Governor Lincoln Chafee's administration would "devastate" their industry with layoffs and service cuts. »
10 News Conference: Feb. 5, 2012
Turnto10.com Local Politics
Feb 03Gov. Lincoln Chafee discusses his budget proposal. »
Rhode Island casts a spotlight on teen dating violence
News Team Podcast Reports
Feb 03Governor Lincoln Chafee Friday declared February Rhode Island Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. »
Bankruptcy looms as mayor threatens legal action
Brown Daily Herald
Feb 03Correction appended. Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced Thursday morning that the city could face bankruptcy in June unless it reins in its $22.5 million budget deficit, in part by increasing payments from nonprofits like the University. Later th... »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Linc Chafee: Not his dad’s Rhode Island
WRNI Politics Blog
Feb 03Lincoln Chafee holds the same job his father John Chafee had in the 1960s. The son is finding out the hard way that it isn’t his father’s Rhode Island or America. After a rocky first year as governor in recession-racked Rhode Island, Governor Chafee ha... »
Friday quick takes: Doherty set for kickoff event
WRNI Politics Blog
Feb 03Getting ready for the weekend . . . – No Rhode Island pol faces a more potent high-risk/high-reward scenario than Providence Mayor Angel Taveras. No one much blames him for the fiscal nightmare he inherited in Providence, and he’s still building a big ... »
Chafee says he hasn’t thought about running for reelection in 2014
WRNI Politics Blog
Feb 02More than a year into his first term, Governor Lincoln Chafee isn’t ready to talk about whether he plans to seek reelection in 2014. “I really haven’t put that as a priority — we’re just starting the second year of my four-year term,” Chafee said this ... »
Chafee predicts Patriots Win
WRNI Politics Blog
Feb 02We are not sure you ought to take this prediction to your local bookie, but Governor Lincoln Chafee has a definite opinion on which team will win Sunday’s Super Bowl showdown between the Patriots and Giants. Pats “in a rout,’’ Chafee told Rhode Island... »
State of the State address
Greater CityProvidence
Feb 01Text of Governor Lincoln Chafee's State of the State address as prepared. »

