Taste of Thayer is Back! The Thayer Street District Management Authority (TSDMA) is thrilled to announce the return of the Taste of Thayer for its second year on October 12 from 4:30P to 8:30P! Providence, RI: Wednesday, October 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thayer Street will be closed to traffic for its signature event, the TASTE OF THAYER.[Read More…]
GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ashley Kalus hosted a roundtable for local entrepreneurs Thursday to announce, then discuss, her economic development plan for Rhode Island. The plan itself is comprehensive in nature, featuring tax reform, with a focus on sales tax reduction & elimination of tax brackets for low income earners … to expansion of the Rebuild Rhode Island Tax Credit[Read More…]
Every race for a general officer position in Rhode Island will have some kind of debate this year—except one: the race for Attorney General. Some debates will be more robust than others, but at least the nominees will have the chance to challenge and respond to their opponents in real time; thus providing Rhode Island voters a meaningful[Read More…]
Rhode Island Gubernatorial Candidate Ashley Kalus defended her stand on reproductive rights today, with the release of an advertisement targeting, using her words, “So why is he lying”? The entire statement is below. What is striking? Kalus’ ability to refocus the campaign on core issues: Corporate Welfare, the much reviled State Executive Salary Hikes, & Utility Rate Hikes. We[Read More…]
In just minutes, it was over. Again. Despite a choreographed Hero’s entrance by the Mayor … and a panoply of Rhode Island Mayors (Conspicuously Absent? Longtime Ally Governor McKee), the Mayor’s Attorney successfully lobbied for a one week delay, in order to organizer her legal strategy. Below, the Meeting, and a variety of reactions! The City Council Meeting –[Read More…]
Senator Minority Leader Jessica De La Cruz, & House Minority Leader Mike Chippendale demand special Rhode Island Senate & House Sessions After Disastrous Hearing Today! Gubernatorial Candidate Ashley Kalus In Post Executive Raise Hearing Press “Huddle”
McKee Administration Official Brian Daniels testifies on behalf of Governor Daniel McKee regarding proposed State Salary Hikes!
From The James Lathrop For Treasurer Campaign: Bringing back COLA’s (Cost of Living Adjustments) How would you feel if your loan application was denied because your neighbor had bad credit? This is what is happening with the pensions under the control of the State Treasurer and something when elected I will change. The 2021 Audit of the State[Read More…]
Hot. Off. The. Presses! The Stunning Decision That Caught The McKee Administration Flatfooted!
Friday, Sue Cienki, Rhode Island Republican chairwoman, filed a complaint with the Board of Elections against the Latino Victory Political Fund for their television advertisement in support of R.I. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea. Their advertisement failed to disclose their top five donors as required by state law. Cienki stated, “While Gorbea portrays herself as a champion of fair elections, the biggest[Read More…]
Cranston Mayor Schedules Presser to Challenge City Council Chair … Retribution? or Good Governance? He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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