After months of negotiations and legal challenges between public safety workers and city officials, both active and retired firefighters voted last week in favor of a tentative settlement to two lawsuits filed by firefighters unions. The cases addressed Medicare enrollment and cost-of-living adjustments, ...
A primary last Tuesday for a special election to determine the next mayor of Central Falls eliminated three of five candidates from the race. The two remaining candidates - both Democrats - will face off in the general election Dec. 11.
Brown alums will run in two of 11 gubernatorial races up for grabs in 2012 with Jack Markell '82 running for reelection in Delaware, and Maggie Hassan '80 P'15 making a first-time bid for governor of New Hampshire. If both candidates win, four sitting governors in the country - including Louisiana Gov. ...
When former president Ruth Simmons arrived at Brown in 2001, she was ready to effect major change. "I fear we have gotten caught up in enhancements of all kinds while fundamentals are wanting," she told faculty in the first week of the school year. Eleven years later, in the wake of Simmons' reforms, ...
Convicted felons in Rhode Island regain their voting rights upon release from prison, as determined by a 2006 referendum amending a clause in the state's constitution that previously required felons to complete parole and probation before regaining the right to vote. But the law has not stopped city ...
A Sept. 25 report commissioned by Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 P'16 suggests Rhode Island's business climate is in critical condition and recommends a major overhaul to current state organizations relating to commerce and economic development.
Since Rhode Island successfully passed pension reform last year, the state has drawn significant attention from national news outlets and nonprofit organizations that see Rhode Island as an exemplary model for states with underfunded pension systems
The state budget surplus for the end of fiscal year 2012 exceeded estimates by $21.7 million, according to a report released by State Controller Marc Leonetti Aug. 30. But the surplus will have little impact on dismal out-year budget gaps projected at $103.6 million in 2014, a figure expected to more ...
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