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RI Progress Report: Who Still Supports Carcieri?

RI Progress Report: Who Still Supports Carcieri?

By Bob Plain on May 21, 2012

Former Gov. Don Carcieri seems to have lost all his political allies because of his historic blunder in giving his friend and political ally curt Schilling $75 million to make a video game in Rhode Island. It will be interesting to see if Brendan Doherty and Mitt Romney – the two candidates Carcieri is really [...]

Posted in RI Progress Report | Tagged Brian Newberry, carcieri, Central Falls, cicilline, compost, doherty, east greenwich, ipad, Mitt Romney, Woonsocket | 8 Responses

Dr. King’s Legacy: RIPTA Called Out by Community to Re-hire Fired Workers

Dr. King’s Legacy: RIPTA Called Out by Community to Re-hire Fired Workers

By Bruce Reilly on January 10, 2012

Next Thursday, on January 19th, at 6:30pm, members of the RIPTA board will be at Direct Actions for Rights & Equality (DARE), answering calls to reinstate two employees who were unjustly fired last month.  The fundamental question is: are  people with criminal histories are sentenced to a life of unemployment?  Even the New York Times [...]

Posted in Civil Rights / Liberties, Criminal Justice, Opinion, Rhode Island, Transportation | Tagged Anastasia Williams, Andrew Cuomo, Angel Taveras, Ban the Box, Brian Newberry, Charles Odimgbe, DARE, Edie Ajello, Jim Crow, John Harrington, Martin Luther King, Mike Chippendale, RICARES, RIPTA, Scott Slater, Thom Deller | Leave a response

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