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President Barack Obama yesterday officially nominated Jack McConnell to be a U.S. District Court Judge in the District of Rhode Island. Today, President Obama nominated Judge Catherine Eagles, Judge Kimberly Mueller and John J. McConnell, Jr. to the United States District Court. Judge Eagles is a nominee for the Middle District of North Carolina, Judge Mueller [...] ...
Closing Argument - 8:42 a.m.
I was in the changing room at the gym last night and saw Congressman Patrick Kennedy on the news, shouting and waving his arms. A woman watching the TV muttered in disgust. Congressman Kennedy is disliked by many and has given his opponents more than enough ammunition during his tenure. He’ll be ridiculed for losing his [...] ...
Kmareka - 4:46 a.m. - 2 clicks 
Writing in Politico, Rhode Island’s junior Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, passionately criticizes the recent SCOTUS decision in Citizens United. The Supreme Court’s recent slim majority decision in Citizens United has opened floodgates that long prevented corporate cash from drowning out the voices of American citizens in election campaigns. Those who care about the integrity of the American [....
Closing Argument - Wed 7:44 a.m. - 2 clicks
Empty basketball court in Island Park All the homemade skate rails and ramps have been removed from the basketball court in the Island Park playground. Today, there is only a smooth, empty asphalt surface. But the process did not go without a hitch. According to Portsmouth Police Chief Lance Hebert, folks who had built the gear were advised by the town that it had to be re...
Hard Deadlines - Wed 7:44 a.m. - 4 clicks
Jay Humphrey, local businessman and past president of the Portsmouth Public Education Foundation (PPEF), passed away yesterday, according to an e-mail from current PPEF president Helen Furriel. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time. ...
Hard Deadlines - Wed 3:47 a.m. - 10 clicks
Attorney General Patrick Lynch heralded yesterday’s ruling by the Federal Court of Appeals in New York as another significant victory to force America’s five biggest global warming polluters to curb their emissions. The ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals represents another win in a lawsuit filed by Lynch and seven other state attorneys general [...] ...
Closing Argument - Tue 2:05 p.m. - 4 clicks
According to the Providence Business News , the folks at the free local news site Newport Now have bought the paper Newport This Week from East Bay Newspapers. Congratulations and best wishes for great online-hardcopy synergies! ...
Hard Deadlines - Tue 9:46 a.m. - 5 clicks
On Monday, Governor Don Carcieri nominated Superior Court Judge Gilbert V. Indeglia to serve as an associate justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The seat became open when Justice Paul Suttell was nominated and then confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Court. Legal pundits believe that Indeglia’s nomination will breeze through both the [...] ...
Closing Argument - Tue 6:28 a.m. - 3 clicks
Alert reader davidc (THANKS!) pointed out that RIDE has posted backup documents to a new education funding formula page here , and I'm happy to report that we now have enough information to calculate the state share (I've updated the GoogleDocs spreadsheet with this info, and will be using references to that worksheet as I go through the explanation below. But first, a couple of comments. A...
Hard Deadlines - Sun 11:20 a.m. - 9 clicks
Okay, it's not just me, according to today's Providence Journal , which reports that many members of the legislature can't figure out the formula as provided by the RI Dept. of Education: It didn’t matter that many didn’t understand the quadratic equation behind the funding formula produced by the state Department of Education and endorsed later in the day by the Board of Regents for Element...
Hard Deadlines - Fri 6:20 a.m. - 11 clicks
The US Department of Education announced the states selected as finalists in the first round of Race To The Top funding, and Rhode Island was one of the 16 chosen. Representatives from each of the finalists will travel to Washington this month for sessions with the review teams, and the winners will be announced in April. ...
Hard Deadlines - Mar 4 - 7 clicks
Today's Providence Journal featured an article on the proposed education funding formula written without any balance. I'm the first one to admit that every journalist has a perspective — I put it right in my masthead — but if you are going to actually use the dog-whistle phrase "supporters say," you bloody well better wrassle up someone to offer the other side. I've sent the e-mail ...
Hard Deadlines - Mar 4 - 7 clicks
The Providence Business News reports on the cost factor in Rhode Island being one of the few states without a public law school. The state’s only law school is Roger Williams University School of Law: a Bristol-based law school with a growing reputation as an up and coming second-tier law school. As the University of Massachusetts [...] ...
Closing Argument - Mar 3 - 4 clicks
A new Rasmussen poll shows some distinct results from two other recent polls on the Rhode Island’s governor race: a Brown University poll and a WPRI / Fleming poll. Let’s compare them (h/t RIFuture). Rasmussen Poll (February 25, 2010) Chafee: 37%; Caprio: 27%; Robitaille: 19%; Not Sure: 17% Chafee: 38%; Lynch: 24%; Robitaille: 22%; Not Sure: 16% Brown University [...] ...
Closing Argument - Mar 3 - 2 clicks
My plumbing started working in reverse with the outflow backing up into my washer. (Like all normal Rhode Islanders I have the washer in the basement.) Thank the Goddess for good plumbers. Now everything is flowing in the right direction and we will not, after all, become a methane resource. [...] ...
Kmareka - Mar 3 - 5 clicks
Congress: “They’re in” Mayor David Cicilline – has name recognition and the ability to raise fast money; always wanted to be in DC. Last Brown poll numbers had 41/47 favorability ratings. Providence has about 14% of the total turnout in CD-1. Cicilline formally announced on February 13. Click here to read his announcement. RI Democratic Party Chair [...] ...
Closing Argument - Mar 2 - 9 clicks
