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Chafee orders Memorial Day flag tribute across RI

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:58:50 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) has ordered federal and Rhode Island flags to fly at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day in tribute to those who died while serving in the United States armed forces.

RI education board approves arming university cops

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:11:51 -0400

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, Rhode Island - Police at the University of Rhode Island could soon be carrying firearms following a vote Thursday by state education officials to end Rhode Island's distinction as the only state to prohibit police on public campuses from carrying guns.

RI Senate approves Chafee's pick to lead EDC

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:52:58 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Rhode Island's Economic Development Corp. has a new leader after the state Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved Gov. Lincoln Chafee's pick to head the agency, still reeling from its failed investment in former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company.

Former RI Senate candidate runs for Colo. governor

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:07 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Steve Laffey, a onetime Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Rhode Island, announced Tuesday he's running for governor of Colorado.

Moderate Party chief Block to run again for RI gov

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:36:14 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Saying Rhode Island is starved for effective leaders, Moderate Party founder Ken Block announced Tuesday that he will make another run for governor.

Log Cabin Republicans leader coming to RI

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:45 -0400

WARWICK, Rhode Island - More Republicans around the nation are supporting gay marriage and the trend is obvious in Rhode Island, the leader of a prominent gay Republican group said Monday.

More than 300 attend fundraiser for RI bomb victim

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:17:55 -0400

NEWPORT, Rhode Island - More than 300 people have attended a fundraiser for Heather Abbott, a Newport woman who lost part of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Confirmation vote set on Chafee's EDC nominee

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:13:07 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - The Rhode Island Senate has scheduled a vote next week on Gov. Lincoln Chafee's nominee to head the state's economic development agency.

Same-sex couples welcome Del. gay marriage law

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:02:29 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Mikki Snyder-Hall married her partner, Claire, in California in 2008, and moved two years ago to Rehoboth, a gay-friendly Delaware beach town.

RI Senate OKs Chafee's EDC picks

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:59:23 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - The Rhode Island Senate has approved three more of Gov. Lincoln Chafee's picks to join the Economic Development Corp. board.

Rhode Island becomes 10th state with gay marriage

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:16:27 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state ended with the triumphant cheers of hundreds of gays, lesbians, their families and friends.

Newtown Chief backs assault weapons ban in RI

Wed, 01 May 2013 19:13:30 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - The police chief from Newtown, Connecticut encouraged Rhode Island to ban semi-automatic assault weapons Wednesday as state lawmakers reviewed several gun control ideas prompted by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Gay marriage bill headed to Delaware Senate

Wed, 01 May 2013 19:08:49 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - A state Senate committee on Wednesday sent a bill authorizing same-sex marriage in Delaware to the full Senate for a vote next week.

Gun control debate heating up in RI

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:55:47 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Hundreds of Rhode Island gun owners are expected to rally at the Statehouse this week in an attempt to defeat proposals that would ban the sale of assault weapons and change the way concealed weapons permits are awarded.