‘We need a clean democracy with clean elections and more vigilance to protect the ballots’
The Who ticketholders get reprieve 33 years later - AP
The band will honor the tickets from a 1979 Providence, R.I. concert that was canceled by then-Mayor Buddy Cianci
Baseball champ facing possible failure in video game business - AP
World Series champ Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, laid off its entire staff of about 300 last month
Atheists pressure city to remove 91-year-old memorial cross - TheDC
‘It is unlawful for a city government and its agencies to display patently religious symbols and messages on city property’
Central Falls, Rhode Island files for bankruptcy - Bloomberg
Pension obligations force Central Files to become the sixth locality to file for bankruptcy this year
Rhode Island on its way to legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples - TheDC
Just days after New York authorized gay marriage, Rhode Island is close to a deal on civil unions
Politics, prison and pasta: the Buddy Cianci book tour - TheDC
From cleaning up Providence to spending five years in jail to selling his own marinara sauce, former mayor Cianci tells the story of his life in his new memoir
A banner day for freedom for a Rhode Island high school
A school board is fighting the ACLU’s efforts to remove a banner from a high school gymnasium.
Providence, R.I. to issue dismissal notices to all teachers - The Providence Journal
Close to 2,000 teachers in Providence will receive dismissal notices effective the last day of school, causing an uproar among union leaders
Repeal Rhode Island's death tax
The Ocean State’s estate tax is driving people and capital out of the state.
TheDC Morning: DHS wants to see you naked pretty much all the time - TheDC
Read TheDC Morning: An unvarnished e-mail summary of what’s really happening in political news
TheDC Morning: Charlie Rangel knows a thing or two - TheDC
Read TheDC Morning: An unvarnished e-mail summary of what’s really happening in political news
Referendum rundown: UFOs, puppy mills, pot, and taxes - TheDC
A look at the various ballot initiatives across the country
More respect for the president, please!
This campaign is bringing out the worst in some of Mr. Obama’s critics.
Obama leaves before $7,500-a-head dinner begins; Went home to 'scoop the poop' - The Providence Journal
President Obama’s final stop in Rhode Island was a $7,500-a-head fundraiser
Democrat: President Obama can take endorsement and 'shove it' - NY Daily News
Rhode Island’s Democratic gubernatorial hopeful has a sharp message for President Obama: ‘Shove it’
Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial candidate not endorsed by Obama - Providence Journal
Frank Caprio: Obama ‘can take his endorsement and really shove it as far as I’m concerned’
To Tea Or Not To Tea - TheDC
In seven states today, the question seems to be ‘tea party or not tea party’
Owing in the wind
As long as the government can force consumers or taxpayers to foot the bill, there will be little incentive for the innovation necessary to make it efficient
