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UPDATE: Pat found the ProJo account not so much to his liking. His take is here . ------- As I wrote earlier this week, Governor Carcieri's supporters will see it as a feather in his cap if he can make headway on closely held beliefs , like the idea...
Pat is wondering whether a directive by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will stop Governor Caricier's global Medicaid waiver. Meanwhile, the NYT -- which has a front-pager today looking at growing Medicaid costs in a number of states, has...
In her first in-depth TV interview since formally winning election as Senate president, M. Teresa Weed talks about the budget, economic development, her leadership team, immigration, port development and other topics on WPRI-WNAC-TV's Newsmakers ...
The bombast in East Providence this week seems like a taste of things to come, and this inclusion in the budget will pour more fuel on the fire. From Ray Henry of the Providence AP, via the Boston Globe: A budget plan that Governor Don Carcieri submitted...
It is timely and all. From the Institute : Tomorrow, over 200 Rhode Islanders, including local and state policymakers, representatives from nonprofit organizations, labor & religious groups, and Rhode Island citizens will attend the 2009 Budget Rhode...
Speaking of 2010, General Treasurer Frank Caprio , while steadily deflecting questions about his forthcoming gubernatorial run, continues to dramatically elevate the public profile of his current position. Following Governor Carcieri's televised budget...
Elsewhere in blogland . . . Matt, following up on Grow Smart RI and today's ProJo, faults Governor Carcieri for being late to the stimulus party . . . And Justin crunches some numbers to conclude that the gov was correct , in response to my query...
UPDATE : The video is up here . --------- Governor Carcieri visited with Tim White, Arlene Violet, and myself this afternoon to discuss his supplemental budget address and a few other odds and ends. Some brief highlights from Newsmakers , which should...
Governor Carcieri's special televised budget address last night struck me as a bit of a hodge-podge -- a mix of overdue concepts along with some others that leave continued questions. As is his wont, the talk radio-friendly governor took his case...
As Governor Carcieri prepares to outline spending cuts tonight, Grow Smart Rhode Island offers this: In a letter delivered to the Governor, Grow Smart Executive Director Scott Wolf stated, “With all the uncertainty created by economic conditions these...
One school of thought holds that poverty will always be with us. Perhaps, but that overlooks the fact that government, however flawed, can make an important difference for the better on important issues. Two examples: 1) The federal government, through...
From Governor Carcieri's office: Governor Donald L. Carcieri will discuss the State of Rhode Island's financial situation and outline details of his FY 09 supplemental budget during a live, televised address on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. The...
Word comes today of a January 9 legislative hearing on Governor Carcieri's global Medicaid waiver , which he bills as a big money-saver for the state. Some Rhode Islanders, such as the author of this letter to the editor in today's ProJo, see...
Governor Carcieri touts a federal Medicaid waiver as a ticket to savings in the Rhode Island budget, but it seems as if an awful lot of questions about how this will work remain unanswered. Given how the Ocean State has a very high percentage of elderly...
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