Rhode Island News

Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation will host Rhode Island Recycles Day this Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Central Landfill at 65 Shun Pike in Johnston.

The upcoming holidays bring families together to share dinners and gifts, but there are plenty of families who cannot afford to celebrate.

The Rhode Island Department of Health has confirmed that there have been two more H1N1 deaths in the Ocean State.Health officials say both victims were adult females between the ages of 45-55 years old.

Governor Carcieri landed on national television Monday night as the "star'' of a biting -- but laugh-out-loud -- segment on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report'' about his veto of a bill that would have given gays the right to claim the bodies and make funeral decisions for their same-sex partners.

United States Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse met with LGBT Rhode Islanders on Nov. 12 to discuss gay rights issues.

Two days after vetoing a bill giving domestic partners the right to make funeral decisions for each other, a conciliatory Governor Carcieri told a gay-rights activist group he is open to supporting a domestic-partnership law that bestows many if not all of the rights of marriage, without the right to marry.

Generally speaking, the best argument in favor of gay marriage is that it is, quite simply, a 14th Amendment issue.

Rhode Island gubernatorial hopeful blasts governor's veto of a bill allowing domestic partners to make funeral arrangements for one another.

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A socially conservative governor who has fought for years against gay marriage in Rhode Island has slightly softened his stance by suggesting he may back a domestic partnership system offering legal protections for same-sex couples.

Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri vetoed a bill earlier today that would have added domestic partners to the list of those authorized under state law to make funeral arrangements for each other.

Senate Bill 211 would have prohibited the technology's use to track the locations of students in the state's schools, while also limiting the way in which information from vehicle RFID programs, such as toll collection, is used.

Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch has criticized Governor Donald Carcieri's veto of a bill that would have given gays and lesbians the right to make funeral arrangements for their deceased domestic partners.

In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings.

Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri on Monday vetoed legislation that would have imposed privacy restrictions on the use of E-ZPass toll transponder data.

Gov. Don Carcieri vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have given same-sex couples in Rhode Island the right to plan funerals for deceased partners.

Liberty Counsel and The Peter call the FBI . Rhode Island Governor Carcieri today vetoed a bill that would add domestic partners to the list of people who are allowed to make funeral arrangements for each other.

Ocean State Becomes 19th to Ban Texting While Driving Yesterday, Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri signed a law banning all drivers from text messaging while driving.

An exhibit that spotlights black gay men who live in Rhode Island opened at the John Hay Library at Brown University in Providence on Nov.

Shape Up Rhode Island, the Ocean State's quieter variation of "The Biggest Loser," has received a grant to make the weight loss and fitness program more accessible to low-income residents.